A common injury that people suffer when having their wisdom teeth removed or any tooth removed is a lingual nerve injury. Sometimes when a dentist is trying to remove a wisdom tooth, the tooth can become impacted and it is difficult to pry the tooth free. In the process of extracting the tooth, the lingual …
An average 18-wheeler or semi-truck can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. Thus, when a truck jackknifes, the consequences can be very serious. What is a truck jackknife? The term denotes a situation where a truck’s trailer folds on its hinge, resulting in an acute angle with the cab of the truck. Very sudden and extreme …
Injuries obtained from a truck accident are much more critical compared to a car accident. The size of the truck combined with its force when hitting a pedestrian, cyclist, motorcyclist, or a regular vehicle can cause damage to your body that’s permanent or long-lasting. When they collide with anything on the road, the damage they …
After being in a truck accident, you may be wondering how much money you can receive from the insurance company. There are a lot of factors that can go into this, including whether the driver who hit you was operating a pick-up truck that he or she owned or whether the truck was a semi-truck, …
Many of the accidents involving large semi-trucks and drivers of cars or SUVs are the result of truck drivers who are not getting enough rest before they drive, they are driving distracted, and they are driving too fast for conditions because they are trying to get to their destinations on time or early. This contributes …
Head-on car crashes can be among the deadliest crashes on the road. They normally occur either on two-lane highways where someone is attempting to go around a slow vehicle or when one driver is simply driving too fast and too aggressively. In any case, the results of a head-on car crash are devastating to anyone …
Arbitration: This is a way to settle your case and get you money without having to go to court. It’s like a mini-trial, but it is much quicker and less expensive. A retired judge or experienced attorney, known as the arbitrator, will act like the judge and decide how much money to award you for your …
OSHA statistics show that every year close to 35,000 people are seriously injured by forklifts. Another 62,000 are injured in a non-serious way. This occurs every year in America. 96 people were killed last year. Studies have also shown that poor and improper training is the primary reason for workers being harmed by forklifts.If you …
The law makes it clear how safety is supposed to be implemented for when people are standing four feet or higher off the ground while working. It also spells out how guards should be placed on every working surface or platform that is four feet or more above the adjacent floor or ground level. The …
Oftentimes at buildings and jobsites and worksites there are objects that fall and strike workers. Unless you’re wearing a helmet, it is very easy to be hit with a falling object. If an object falls and hits a worker, the injuries can be severe, even deadly. Per OSHA, there were more than 52,600 incidents of …
Falls from a roof, especially when it’s from a height greater than 10 feet, can be very serious, and sometimes they can even take someone’s life. Per the US Department of Labor, about 350 workers are killed each year because of falls from roofs. This is a little less than half of all deaths in …
After being injured from an electrical shock at a construction or job site, you are likely dealing with a great deal of trauma, both physically and emotionally. This event may have completely altered your life. Aside from dealing with the physical pain and the stress of recuperating, you may be wondering how your bills are …
