Amputations can have a deep impact on your psychological health. Some of the most immediate side effects you may experience are phantom pains. After losing a limb, you may sometimes feel like your limb is still part of your body. The Mayo Clinic says that you may feel...
serious injuries
What should I know about vocational rehabilitation?
Suffering an injury at your workplace can dramatically change your life. You may find that you can no longer handle the kind of work you used to perform, and yet you want to return to the workforce as soon as you can. This is where vocational rehabilitation may assist...
What are the common causes of truck accidents?
The trucking industry is an essential part of the U.S. economy. Truck ship almost every good that people need to survive. They also supplement many industries to allow them to manufacture goods for the public. Demand for everything is high these days, which means...
How prevalent are deadly bus crashes?
If you recently lost a loved one due to a bus accident, you could have a number of devastating hardships to work through. Aside from emotional pain that no amount of money can make up for, you could have financial hardships and other challenges to work through, such...
Traumatic brain injuries can have long lasting effects
People who have been involved in a serious collision with a massive tractor trailer, may suffer from a myriad of injuries. One of the most common injuries resulting from these accidents is traumatic brain damage. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
How do you plan to return to work after your injury?
You hurt yourself at work recently, and while you have a personal injury case to navigate, you also want to get back to work ASAP. How should you return as efficiently as possible? FlexJobs offers tips to help you return to the workplace. Get back to earning an income...
Collision with semi-truck kills pedestrian
The sheer size of the semi-trucks and tractor-trailers one sees on New Jersey's roads and highways is often what makes them seem so intimidating. Yet people typically take comfort in the assumption that those driving these massive vehicles are well-trained in their...
What injuries may result from an explosion?
Explosions are serious situations that can cause injuries ranging from minor to critical. It is not always easy to determine the extent of injuries immediately following the blast either as some may take time to appear. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
What are the potential long-term costs of an injury?
One of the complexities of workers' compensation is figuring the long-term costs of an injury. While some injuries may heal quickly, there are many situations in which an injury will cause lingering effects that require treatment. Part of the duty under workers'...
When can I sue for compensation after a workplace injury?
Worker’s compensation laws protect you as an employee by making health care and financial compensation possible after workplace injuries. But these same laws protect most employers from liability. New Jersey law, like the law in many other states, restricts you from...