The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited an Ohio-based contractor “with a long history of disregarding workplace safety standards.” According to an OSHA news release, federal inspectors observed roofing workers employed by Charm Builders “at dangerous heights without fall protection” at a worksite in Wheeling, West Virginia. As the news […]
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Report: Is OSHA Doing Enough to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat?
A new report by Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, argues that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is failing to protect workers from the dangers of unsafe heat. Arguing that the escalating effects of climate change pose an increasingly perilous situation for workers, the report calls for “immediate action.”
Queens (NYC) Nursing Home Information
Queens (NYC) Nursing Home Abuse Attorneys The NY Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Attorneys at the Law Offices of Thomas L. Gallivan, PLLC represent those injured due to the neglect and/or abuse of nursing home employees including nurses, nurses’ aides, physicians, directors, and administrators throughout New York State, including the borough of Queens. Our law firm has […]
New York Attorney General: Woman Stole Nursing Home Patients’ Identities, Credit Cards
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that Channel Francis had been indicted for five felonies relating to allegations that she assumed the identities of three nursing home patients and illegally used their credit cards. Schneiderman alleges that Francis obtained the information from residents of the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation in […]
Nursing Home Staffer Charged with Multiple Felonies after Stealing the Identities of Nursing Home Residents
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that Channel Francis had been indicted for five felonies relating to allegations that she assumed the identities of three nursing home patients and illegally used their credit cards. Schneiderman charges that Francis obtained the information from residents of the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation in Queens, […]
Six Individuals Arrested for Stealing from Nursing Home Residents
On October 18, 2016, six individuals were arrested in New York for exploiting the financial vulnerability of nursing home residents; defendants are from Bronx, New York, Queens and Suffolk Counties. The five New York City defendants stole personal identity information from residents in order to secure cash or credit they were not entitled to; and […]
New York State Department of Health Releases Latest List of Enforcements
Recently the New York State Department of Health released its latest update of fines against New York nursing homes. Most of the more recent violations resulting in fines have been covered here in previous blog posts. Unfortunately, many of the original violation dates leading to the fines listed on the enforcement log pre-date the oldest […]
Queens Nursing Home Fined $12,000 by Department of Health for Medication Error that Resulting in Resident’s Death
The N.Y.S. Department of Health reported that it had fined Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehab, a Queens nursing home, twelve thousand dollars. The fine stems from an incident discovered by the DOH during an inspection in July, 2011. During the July inspection, investigators gave the facility the most severe rating in two […]
Taconic State Parkway Accident – New York State Trooper Injured
Recently a New York State trooper was injured in a car accident on the Taconic Parkway when his cruiser was struck by a sport-utility vehicle. The out-of-control SUV hit the cruiser, which then struck a parker flat-bed truck. The New York State trooper was sitting in his vehicle while investigating the scene of an earlier […]