Workplace Injuries

Workers in New Jersey should beware of falls in the workplace and should pay attention to safety information regarding their prevention. While injuries from falls are more prevalent in some industries than others, anyone can slip in a cluttered hallway and sustain a...

One worker was seriously injured and another worker suffered minor injuries when an airport hangar collapsed in New Jersey on Jan. 16. The workplace accident took place while the workers were building a hangar at Morristown Municipal Airport on 6 Airport Road. At the...

According to New Jersey police, a garbage truck worker in Franklin Lakes was killed on Jan. 7 when he was struck by the garbage truck while on a route with a coworker. The accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. on Black Hawk Lane in a residential neighborhood. Officers...

New Jersey workers may be interested to learn about a recent report released by the Electrical Safety Foundation International that reported on 20 years' worth of data compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics about workplace electrical accidents between the...

Jersey City's department of public safety announced that a construction worker was killed while delivering sheetrock to a construction site. The accident reportedly occurred on Nov. 3 around 9 a.m. in the downtown. According to reports, the man died when a tape...

While some industries face a higher risk for suffering a brain injury at work, any unsafe work environment could be hazardous to an employee's health. Where safety hazards are present, a traumatic brain injury could occur. According to the National Institute for...

Although workers from New Jersey may have to contend with many possible forms of workplace injury, musculoskeletal disorders can be some of the most long-lasting and difficult to manage. This range of disorders can have a wide ranging impact not the body, especially...

New Jersey police have charged the owner of a South Brunswick warehouse with obstructing an investigation after he allegedly lied about the circumstances of an employee's electrocution. Investigators claim the owner's actions not only endangered his employees, but...

According to a recent report, a New Jersey man was killed in a construction accident in Manhattan on Sept. 23 at around 1:30 p.m. The 27-year-old Jersey City man was reportedly crushed to death after an 8,000-pound concrete slab fell on top of him. The FDNY confirmed...

A woman driving a tractor-trailer collided with a bucket truck in New Jersey shortly after 11 a.m. on Aug. 19. An electrical worker for the City of Camden's Electrical Bureau who was performing traffic light repairs from the bucket suffered critical injuries and was...