Posted on August 27th, 2010
A 37-year old woman from Wyandanch severed her arm in a frightening workplace accident last Friday. At around 2:40 in the afternoon, Beatriz Blas was working at her job with Brand Packing Group Inc. on Price Parkway when her arm became stuck in the packing machine she was using. A coworker quickly responded to her screams and helped free her from the machine.
Blas was airlifted to Nassau University Medical Center before being transported to Stony Brook University Medical Center. Blas was listed in stable condition as doctors planned to try to reattach her arm.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating what caused this terrible accident.
Posted on July 7th, 2010
Over a year has passed since OSHA decided to give a $7,000 fine to Walmart following the death of an employee in a workplace accident. Thanksgiving Day 2008 was a fateful day for the store. Crowds of shoppers lined up outside a Long Island store trampled a temporary employee on their way to take advantage of the holiday deals. Walmart has spent more than a million dollars in legal fees fighting this fine.
Officials are shocked. They say that typically companies do not make a huge fuss about fines less than $10,000. According to the New York Times, “Wal-Mart is arguing that the government is improperly trying to define “crowd trampling” as an occupational hazard that retailers must take action to prevent.” They claim they have already investigated the incident and made changes to their big sale procedures.
The Labor Department is complaining that their legal services are being exhausted by Walmart’ s bitter battle. The New York Times writes that, “over the last five months 17 percent of the available attorney hours in the department’s New York office have been devoted to the case, consuming the equivalent of five full-time lawyers.”
Posted on June 4th, 2010
A contractor working on Throngs Neck Bridge was hospitalized Friday after he slipped off a ladder and plunged 20 feet. Louis Mendoza, 45, was installing fencing on the pedestal of the Queens tower when he plummeted at approximately 11 a.m. His fall was slowed slightly by a safety rope. Firefighters climbed down from the roadway, placing Mendoza on a backboard and carried him to the water where an FDNY boat was waiting.
The boat transported him to Fort Totten where emergency officials were waiting to transport him in an ambulance to North Shore University Hospital. Mendoza, who works at Village Dock, Inc. in New Rochelle, suffered a fractured arm and a head injury. He is expected to survive.
If you or someone you know has experienced a workplace injury, contact the Bronx workplace accident lawyers of Parker Waichman Alonso, L.L.P. by calling 888-244-2273.
