December, 2018 | Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A.

Family farms don’t face OHSA inspections

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 26, 2018 | Workplace Injuries

For decades, family farms that employ 11 or fewer non-family workers have been exempt from federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration oversight. This means that deaths and injuries that would have raised alarms in other industries have gone unreported in...

Pedestrian accidents continue to plague Baltimore area

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 22, 2018 | Workplace Injuries

A popular 20-year-old Towson University student from Gaithersburg was killed in mid-December in a hit-and-run accident in Towson, the latest in many pedestrian injuries and fatalities in the Baltimore area.Mzimazisi Ncube was struck by a Toyota Tundra or Toyota...

Contractor to pay fines in worker’s death

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 21, 2018 | Construction Workers' Accidents

Maryland contractor R.F. Warder Inc., was fined $275,000 in the June death of a 19-year-old worker in a sewage trench at Clifton Park in Baltimore.Kyle Hancock of Glen Burnie, Maryland, died while working in a 15-foot trench attempting to clear a line leading from a...

Winter months create hazardous conditions for workers

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 20, 2018 | Workplace Injuries

Workers who work outdoors during wintertime already know that this can be cold and unpleasant. Winter weather also causes dangerous conditions that may lead to injuries. While our Maryland winter has been mild this year, the months of December to early March can still...

Deadly jobs in Maryland and beyond

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 18, 2018 | Workplace Accidents

The Business Journals recently released their list of 10 deadly jobs for the period between January 2017 and September 2018. Some of the occupations aren’t necessarily a surprise — contractors and loggers, for example, whose professions expose them to myriad risks...

Vehicle rollovers 101

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 11, 2018 | Car Accidents

Vehicle rollover crashes cause serious - even fatal - injuries. Rollovers only happen in about three percent of car accidents, but they result in 30 percent of crash deaths. Rollovers can happen in an instant, but understanding why they happen and ways to minimize the...

Beware these driving hazards

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 6, 2018 | Car Accidents

We all know that there are hazards on the roadways. Every time we get behind the wheel, we must contend with road conditions, weather, traffic levels and more in order to stay safe.In addition to these, we must deal with the poor choices of other drivers. Experts...

Workers’ Compensation for firefighters facing cancer

On behalf of Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A. | Dec 3, 2018 | Workers' Compensation

Firefighters have a dangerous job. They run into danger when most others run the other way. They face exposure to extreme heat, toxic chemicals, smoke and dangerous fires.Firefighters have, according to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, a 14 percent higher...