Many people incur injuries at their place of employment — and file workers' compensation claims — without ever experiencing an accident. Occupational diseases injure these employees. The environments they work in or the activities they do there cause their health...
Workplace Illnesses
Watch out for these signs of heat illness when working outdoors this summer
Summer is here, and temperatures in New York City are regularly reaching the 90s these days. For construction workers, landscapers and others whose jobs are done outside, the heat and humidity can mean plenty of work. But sweltering weather also means workers risk...
Workplace illnesses may be covered by workers’ compensation
The typical workers' compensation award among workers in New York City is usually seen as a traumatic impact event. A worker gets in a vehicular accident, someone falls from a ladder or a runaway forklift crushes a worker -- to name a few examples. However, modern...
Which workers are at a higher risk of asbestos illnesses?
For many years, asbestos was used in everything from trains and car brakes to home insulation and textiles. The fiber was inexpensive and has fireproofing qualities that made it an ideal component of many products. However, for decades now, we have known that asbestos...
