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• Firefighters Heart Risk Covered By Workers' Compensation

  Ricky Bagolie | March 23, 2007 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to the Houston Chronice, a recent Harvard Study finds that firefighters run a 100 times greater risk of a heart reated death whie putting out a fire than when they are not fighting fires. Thirty two percent of the heart related deaths occurred this way. Heart disease, caused by exposures to diesel fumes and carbon monoxide and heart attacks caused by the stress of fighting fires...

• Train Crew Fired Due to Man's Death

  Jenny Albano | July 11, 2007 12:18 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  A New Jersey Transit train crew was found to have violated operating procedures after a man's death in November, and as a consequence have been fired. The three crew members-the engineer, the conductor, and the assistant conductor- are appealing the ruling.NJ Transit rules require one member of the train crew to be at the rear door of the last car, observing the platform through the window. ...

• Australia's Securities Regulator Sues James Hardie Over Asbestos Liability

  Ricky Bagolie | February 24, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to Bloomberg News, out of Sydney, Australia's securities regulator sued James Hardie Industries, the biggest seller of home sidings in the United States, claiming the company misled investors over the cost of compensating people sickened by asbestos.The chairman, Meredith Hellicar, the former chief executive officer, Peter MacDonald, and eight other officials face bans from running a...

• Beware of Dangerous Shelhigh Medical Devices

  Ricky Bagolie | May 03, 2007 7:47 AM | 1 CommentJersey City, NJ

  Shelhigh, Inc of Union, New Jersey, has been told by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recall all of its medical devices in the marketplace, including hospitals, as there is a fear that the devices are not sterile. They manufacutured various devices that are used in adults infants and children. Anyone who experiences problems or injury as a result of the use of these medical devices...

• School Bus Crashes a Danger to Children

  Ricky Bagolie | November 09, 2006 4:07 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  ABC News reports that 51,000 children required emergency medical attention for non-fatal school bus-related injuries and accidents over a three-year period. This is unacceptable and we need to make sure that these shool buses, from New Jersey to Florida to California are equipped with seat belts and trained and careful divers.

• Testing urged for ex-Texas Vermiculite workers

  Ricky Bagolie | August 21, 2006 10:20 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  In another example of employers poisoning their workers and nearly a year after federal authorities revealed that hundreds of employees at the former Texas Vermiculite plant in West Dallas could have asbestos-related lung diseases, the state is getting ready to begin health screenings on the former workers.Workers exposed should be tested and those with disease may be eligible for treatment and...

• Toxic Dust Found at WTC Site

  Ricky Bagolie | August 05, 2006 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to 1010 Wins, Demolition work at the Deutsche Bank building was suspended for one day this week after high levels of toxic dust were detected on the skyscraper's roof. Demolition was suspended Thursday and restarted yesterday after testing on July 28th revealed unacceptable levels of silica, which causes lung diseases."Any worker who contracts silicosis, asbestosis or any type of lung...

• Crime, Neglect and Abuse Go Unchecked in Nursing Homes

  Ricky Bagolie | July 03, 2006 1:07 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Lawsuits may be the only effective weapon available to end abuse and neglect in nursing homes. The idea is to make is to make it more expensive to give poor care than it is to give good care as most problems are the result of greedy nursing home corporations. According to an article by Evelyn Pringle of opednews.com, "Where a nursing home is located and who owns it was found to be critical...

• Family Seeks Justice in Fatal Turnpike Truck Wreck

  Ricky Bagolie | October 27, 2006 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to the Wichita Eagle, the four surviving children of a Wisconsin woman who was killed last year in an accident on the Kansas Turnpike have sued three trucking companies responsible for the crash.Relatives of Corrine Bartels, 64, of Platteville, Wis., sued the owner of the cab, the owner of the trailer it was hauling and the trucking company the driver was working for. Also sued was the...

• Families Can Fight Improper Transfer From A Nursing Home

  Ricky Bagolie | October 18, 2006 4:17 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Do not let a nursing home threaten to transfer or discharge your loved one. Too often, a facility may respond to resident's difficulties or increasing need for care or repeated questions or complaints from family members by transferring or discharging the resident. The Nursing Home Reform Law of 1987 protects residents from involuntary transfer and discharge. It prohibits nursing homes from...