A spinal cord injury (SCI) can happen any number of ways including an accident (automobile collision for instance) a sports injury a fall etc. An injury is the result of direct impact on the spinal cord which consists of the nerves that connect the brain to nerves in the body. Any injury to the spinal cord could mean the interruption (often permanent) of messages between the brain and the rest of the body. In other words if you can no longer walk after an SCI it is because your body has lost the ability to be told by your brain how to walk.
There are approximately 11000 new cases of spinal cord injury in the U.S. each year. The annual incidence rate is roughly 40 cases per million population not including those who die at the Read Full Post ‹
Pedestrian accidents are about the saddest accidents that occur on our city streets every day. The victims are the largely nameless faceless people you never hear about on the evening news because there is no sensationalism or angle for what happened to them. Simply they were hit by a vehicle of some sort and suffered an injury often severe sometimes fatal.
Every year in the U.S. an estimated 100000-plus pedestrians are involved in traffic accidents. More than half of these result in death and of those about half occur between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. Sadly this is when children are on their way home after having just gotten out of school. Statistics show children and the elderly are in fact the two groups most at risk of being involved in a pedestrian accident. The majority of deaths and injuries incurred in these tragic accidents are due to a negligent or careless driver.
Grossman Law Offices represent pedestrian accident cases. Give us a call for a free consultation.
A fatal boating accident claimed the life a man on Lewisville Lake near Pier 121 Marina Tuesday October 11th.
According to the US Coast Guard boating accidents continue to be a major cause of accidental injury and death in the United States. The 4904 boating accidents reported in 2005 resulted in 676 fatalities 3363 injuries and $35038306 in property damage.
Approximately seventy percent of all fatal boating accident victims drowned (484 out of 676). Approximately 90 percent of the victims who drowned were not wearing a personal flotation device (PFD or life jacket). Overall fatal accident data show that approximately 431 lives could be saved each year if boaters wore their life jackets.
Grossman Law Offices represents families and victims of boating accidents. To learn more visit our website
Three people were injured on the job when a scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Grapevine Wednesday of this week. The accident occurred at the Gray Wolf Lodge.
Construction work is one of the most dangerous occupations in the country. Construction workers are exposed to a wide variety of hazards and face a greater risk of work-related injury or fatality than employees in any other U.S. industry. Recent labor statistics from Bureau of Labor Statistics Injuries Illnesses & Fatalities (IIF) division demonstrate this. Findings show the largest number of fatal work injuries in 2003 was in the construction sector!
An estimated 2.3 million construction workers or 65% of the construction industry work on scaffolds frequently. Protecting these workers from scaffold-related accidents would prevent 4500 injuries and 50 deaths every year at a savings for American employers of $90 million in workdays not lost. In a recent BLS study seventy-two percent of workers injured in scaffold accidents attributed the accident either to the planking or support giving way or to the employee slipping or being struck by a falling object. All of these can be controlled by compliance with OSHA standards. Source: OSHA.gov
You can download A Guide to Scaffold Use in the Construction Industry (pdf) form the OSHA website.
Grossman Law Offices represents workplace injury cases such as scaffolding accidents. Feel free to visit our website for more information.
A Waxahachie High School senior of Forrestion TX suffered head injuries in an automobile accident. The student a sixteen year old girl was not wearing a seat belt when she attempted to cross the northbound lanes for Highway 287 and collided with another vehicle. She was thrown from the vehicle and as a result suffered life-threatening injuries. Source: WaxachachieDailyLight.com
40000 people die each year in car accidents and car crashes are the leading cause of death for people under the age of 35. Safety belts can prevent death in about half of these accidents.
- Always wear lap and shoulder belt.
- Never place shoulder belt under your arm or behind your back.
- Always use rear-facing child seats for children under 20 lbs and 1 year old.
- Always use forward-facing child seats for children 20-40 lbs and over 1 year old.
- Never place rear-facing child seat in front seat of vehicle with passenger side airbags.
- Always attempt to place children 12 years and under in back seat.
The most dangerous jobs in the country in 2000 included construction workers in 7th place. Construction workers have 27.6 fatalities per 100000 employees as compared to other occupations in total averaging 4.3 deaths per 100000 employees.
There are a number of different types of construction accidents:
Grossman Law Offices represents clients who have been injured in construction accidents. For more information visit us on line at Texas-Workplace-Injury-Lawyer.com
Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is not a specific illness or set of symptoms but rather an amalgamation of acute health and wellness related issues encountered by people who spend much of their time in buildings be it offices factories homes hospitals etc.
You can’t tell a building is sick without spending time in it. But you may be able to sense a sick building when you or others inside experience symptoms associated with acute discomfort including headache; eye nose or throat irritation; dry cough; dry or itchy skin; dizziness and nausea; difficulty in concentrating; fatigue; and sensitivity to odors. The cause or symptoms are not known and most of the complainants report relief soon after leaving the building.
Causes of sick building syndrome can include the following each of which may contribute to or exacerbate the symptoms: inadequate ventilation chemical contaminants from indoor sources (such as adhesives carpeting upholstery manufactured wood products copy machines pesticides and cleaning agents) chemical contaminants from outdoor sources (such as pollution from motor vehicle exhausts plumbing vents and building exhausts) and biological contaminants (such as bacteria molds pollen and viruses). Other factors that may play a role include inadequate temperature humidity or lighting.
Grossman Law Offices represents clients who may have received injuries as a result of sick building syndrome. For more information visit us on line at Texas-Workplace-Injury-Lawyer.com
The petrochemical industry is one of the most intense industries in the world today with a tremendous capacity to affect both national and international economies in the event of a catastrophic accident. Its also one of the most hazardous industries in the world in terms of product flammability volume of processes and extreme operating conditions.
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Grossman Law Offices represents clients who have been injured in Oil Refinery Accidents. Visit InjuryRelief.com for more information.
Head and neck injuries are by far the most tragic injuries that a person can suffer. Spinal cord injuries occur in approximately 12000 to 15000 people per year in the U.S. About 10000 of these are permanently paralyzed and many of the rest die as a result of their injuries. Most neck and spinal cord injuries occur to young healthy individuals. Males between 15 and 35 years old are the most commonly affected.
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Grossman Law Offices represent clients who have received head and neck injures through automobile accidents workplace injuries and premises liability injures.
A single-engine plane crashed yesterday at El Paso airport. The pilot died from the crash.
Air traffic was temporarily delayed.
Source: http://www.kltv.com/global/story.asp?s=5473488
Grossman Law Offices represents clients and families of airplane crash victims. Visit the Texas Wrongful Death Lawyer website for more information.
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