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Lifting, bending and other physical exertions that are unfamiliar to seasonal workers can escalate into injuries and other problems around the holidays. The prospect that workplace injuries will likely rise over the holiday season stems largely from many companies failing to prepare workers for the physically demanding work that they are asked to do. An...

If your job requires you to operate a jackhammer, drill, or electric saw, the quivering sensation you get through your hands and arms may not seem like that big of a deal. The prolonged use of power tools can lead to serious long-term health conditions, however, some of which can be irreversible. What injuries can...

Warehouses in New Jersey are often dangerous places for workers. When not operated with due care, forklifts can go from being essential to fatal in a matter of seconds. The National Safety Council (NSC) reports that 270,000 transportation-related injuries occurred in warehouses across the United States in 2017 — many of which involved forklifts. During the...

Earlier this year, a New Jersey Supreme Court opinion in the case of Haines V. Taft held that plaintiffs could no longer pursue unreimbursed medical expenses less than the personal injury protection (PIP) limit of $250,000 after being injured in a car accident. That opinion, however, was quickly overruled by two new bills: S. 2432 and S....

What do offices, restaurant kitchens, and construction sites have in common? As well as many other types of workplaces, they share potential slip, trip and fall hazards. According to a National Safety Council (NSC) article, these hazards often result in serious injuries that can leave workers disabled either for long periods of time or permanently....

Our bodies are not designed to be in the seated position for hours on end. For many of us, however, our jobs require us to sit in a chair in front of a computer for most of the day. If the chair is not designed ergonomically, our bodies will let us know. As an article...

Surviving dependents of New Jersey public safety workers, like police officers and firefighters, who died due to a workplace injury before 1980, will now get help paying cost of living expenses. New Jersey Senate Bill 1967 was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on June 17, 2019 and will ensure an annual cost of...

Nurses and other hospital workers often experience violent outbursts from patients and their families, and it gets shrugged off as part of the job. Several years ago, New Jersey lawmakers put into place an act to help protect healthcare employees from violence in the workplace. Despite that law, violence against health workers is still being...

Increasingly, working on construction sites or driving a truck can kill or maim you. Two construction workers fell down an elevator shaft in St. Louis last year and died working on a $25 million hotel project. A trucker who had been driving 23 hours without sleep crashed into a van carrying Tracy Morgan in 2014...

In the United States, 10 percent of the country’s workforce are employed in restaurants. Manta.com lists more than 40,000 restaurant companies in New Jersey alone. With so many people in the restaurant business, accidents on the job are sure to happen, and injuries resulting in time away from work are all too common. According to...