Conveyer Accident at Jersey City Recycling Yard Injures Worker
On March 31, a worker at a Jersey City recycling yard got his hand caught in a conveyor and apparently suffered broken bones.
According to this article on nj.com, the accident happened at Galaxy Recycling on New York Avenue near the Hoboken border and found the 41-year-old Lafayette Street man on the ground and holding his left arm.
The plant manager said the worker was trying to clear a conveyor when his hand got caught.
The article reported that the man likely suffered one or more broken bones.
Police notified the Occupational Safety and Health Administration about the incident.
The worker here would be well advised to contact an experienced workers’ compensation attorney. Any worker who has sustained an injury in Pennsylvania arising out of and in the course of their employment has a potential PA workers’ compensation claim. The injury can occur while traveling on business, doing a work-related errand, attending a required business-related social function, or even while on a break or using restroom facilities and you are still legally covered by workers compensation. Some types of workers’ compensation injures include construction injuries, repetitive stress to a body part, and environmental hazards.
By law, it is required that every company in Pennsylvania carry Worker’s Compensation Insurance in the case an employee is injured on the job, becomes ill due to circumstances surrounding their job, or even if death results from their job.
Whether your injury was a simple slip and fall, or involves serious injuries and property damage, the skilled Pennsylvania workplace accident lawyers at Cherry, Fieger & Marciano can help you to get the monetary compensation that is owed to you to help pay for medical bills, physical therapy, loss of work, and more.
