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The New York Times has recently run several reports about dangerous products and the efforts of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to regulate such products. The first company, Fitbit, makes activity monitoring wristbands. In February 2014, Fitbit recalled...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has begun an investigation into the death of two construction workers in Boonton, New Jersey, about 35 miles west of New York City. Two men working on a landscaping crew died when a large hole collapsed on top...
Construction workers face dangers on a daily basis. Their work often leads to deadly consequences. Still, yesterday, a few construction workers who were digging a trench for a gas pipeline made a ghastly discovery that would make even the most hardened construction...
High-speed police chases make news. However, such police actions all-too-often cause injury and death to innocent bystanders, suspects and police officers themselves. Whether these chases are really necessary has become a controversial question. This has been an issue...
In our previous blog post, we reported on the findings of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2013. This post continues that story. Occupations With Reduced Fatality Rates The fundamental point of the report is that fatal occupational injuries are declining....
We are saddened to report another tragic incident involving a pedestrian being struck and killed by a bus. The accident occurred early this Friday morning at around 1:30a.m. at Willis Avenue and East 147th Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. The victim was...
The preliminary results of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2013 were released last month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics., a division of the U.S. Department of Labor. The report contained mostly good news: Fatal work injuries were down in 2013 from...
There is information about what to do after a car accident on the Internet and from insurance companies. There are even pages of our law firm’s web site that provide detailed instructions about the steps to take after a car crash. However, there appears to be less...
