Workplace Accident Attorneys New York

In a rare case of on-the-job hazardous conditions and work clothing requirements, a machinist in an industrial plant blamed his ailments on a severe blister caused by wearing steel-toed boots required for his job. Because he was required to wear the boots he filed worker’s compensation for this injury. The injury led to the amputation of his leg, further exacerbated by complications stemming from previous health conditions he had experienced. 

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If you work in an industry that deals with excessively loud machinery, you know how sensitive your ears become after a long day at work.  Naturally, you take precautions like wearing the required earplugs and ear wear mandated by regulations within your industry, and do your best to protect yourself.  But what if prolonged, debilitating symptoms occur well after the workday is over?

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Another day at work in the restaurant or office is as routine as brushing your teeth.  But, what about a day where the routine is anything but normal due to a work-related injury?  Accidents at work happen all the time and not just in the big cases we read about in the news.  Work-related accidents can cover everything from slipping and falling on oil or another object on the floor, to burns taking a main dish out of the oven in the kitchen, to malfunctions of equipment and carelessness among other workers.  All injuries have the potential of leading to injury, or even death.

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Last year, a worker at Cintas Industrial Laundry Plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma was killed when he fell from a conveyor belt while trying to unlodge a load of laundry from one of the high-capacity, industrial drying machines.  Although not fatal in other cases, it was found that many others had regularly walked on the conveyor belt to unlodge loads of laundry over time, showing the incident was not as uncommon as initially believed. What causes employees to engage in unsafe behavior around heavy machinery and equipment, particularly when they know that machines could easily malfunction when misused?

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