New York Workplace Accident Lawyers

New York Workplace Accidents

Personal Injuries due to common accidents while on the job can cause you substantial loss of income as well as high medical bills beyond what Worker's Compensation plans are willing to cover.

Contact our New York Workplace Accident Lawyers
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Our New York workplace accident lawyers can assist you with all litigation and inquiries about work accidents and personal injury.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an estimated 4.7 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses were reported in private industry workplaces during 2002.

Here are some common reasons people experience on the jobaccidents:

• Lack of training
• Inexperience
• Lack of communication with co-workers
• Lack of preparation
• Unwillingness to ask questions
• Workplace distractions
• Hectic pace of work
• Workplace injury or death from falls
• Construction work areas
• Hazardous materials
• Insufficient warning signs & danger awareness | pg 2

More facts about on the job accidents and injuries:

• On the job, 3.7 million American workers suffered disabling injuries in 2002.
• Motor vehicle crashes accounted for 2,100 of the 4,900 on the job fatalities.
• The agriculture industry accounted for 730 deaths and 150,000 disabling injuries in 2002. Agriculture workers had the second highest death rate among the major industry divisions.
• Nearly 9 out of 10 deaths and about two thirds of the disabling injuries suffered by American workers in 2002 occurred off-the-job.

Contact our New York workplace accident lawyers if you need more information or have suffered a accident with personal injuries while at work.