Work-Related Illnesses

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When you consider occupational hazards, you probably think of physical injuries related to falling objects, slips on slick floors, or the use of dangerous machinery. But workers are also legally entitled to reasonable protections from illnesses or chronic injuries that can develop due to conditions specific to their given occupation or workplace.

 

If you’re unable to work due to an occupational disease or job-related affliction, the personal injury attorneys in New York at Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C., can help you apply for your workers’ compensation benefits as well as determine if you’re eligible for additional compensation due to negligence relating to faulty equipment, inadequate warnings or precautions regarding toxic chemicals, or unsafe working conditions.

 

Common Workplace Medical Conditions

 

Some work-related illnesses—such as mesothelioma—are caused by long-term exposure to hazardous chemicals; others, like heatstroke, are caused by adverse working conditions; others, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, by cumulative trauma.

Some common job-related ailments include:

 

• Allergic reactions to workplace substances
• Asbestosis
• Beryllium disease
• Byssinosis (also known as brown lung disease)
• Chrome ulcers
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Contact dermatitis
• Cumulative trauma disorders
• Eczema
• Frostbite/hypothermia
• Hearing loss
• Heat exhaustion/heatstroke/sunstroke
• Mesothelioma
• Pneumonitis
• Radiation sickness
• Silicosis

 

In some conditions, as with silicosis and mesothelioma, the work-related illness may not become evident until years after it was contracted.

 

Chemicals that Contribute to Work-Related Illnesses

 

Regular, on-the-job exposure to hazardous chemicals can generate a long list of severe, sometimes deadly, medical problems. In many cases, workers experienced long-term exposure to toxic chemicals before the dangers were known; in others, as with asbestos, the dangers were known but ignored.

Toxic workplace substances known to cause illness include:

 

• Arsenic
• Asbestos
• Benzene
• Cadmium
• Carbon monoxide
• Carbon tetrachloride
• Formaldehyde
• Hydrogen sulfide
• Lead
• Mercury
• Parathion

 

Workers’ compensation does not always adequately cover the medical costs and lost wages associated with work-related illnesses, and you may be entitled to additional financial compensation if the condition was caused or aggravated by negligence.

 

If you suffered a work-related illness or a loved one died due to a condition contracted on the job, please contact the experienced New York personal injury attorneys at Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C.

 

 

 

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