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• Verizon Contractor Killed When Vehicle Plows Through Work Area

  Chrissie Cole | October 31, 2007 11:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A contract worker doing routine maintenance work for Verizon was killed in a car accident on Wednesday. The worker, 54, of Kearny was employed by J. Fletcher Creamer Construction Corporation.The accident occurred just after 8:15 a.m., on Wednesday, as the man was working on replacing manhole covers on South Orange Avenue.A vehicle driven by a 72-year-old woman, of East Orange, plowed through the...

• U.S. Nonfatal Workplace Injuries Lowest Since 72'

  Chrissie Cole | October 26, 2007 12:44 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A new report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows the lowest rates in workplace injuries and illnesses since they began collecting data in 1972. In 2006, private industry rates were at its lowest since the launch of BLS. Rates have dropped 4.6 cases per 100 workers in 2005 to 4.4 cases in 2006.In 2005, manufacturing sector of good-producing industries had an especially lower...

• Man Awarded $1M in Restaurant Slip-and-Fall

  Chrissie Cole | October 20, 2007 12:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  A negligence claim for a slip and fall accident was settled, Friday, against a Belvedere restaurant. A jury awarded the Boone County man $1 million and his wife $75,000.On August 7,2006, the man, who suffers from a disease that makes his bones prone to fractures, slipped and fell while leaving the Steam Plant Restaurant.The fell was caused by a wet floor that he didn't know was wet due to the...