Online Personal Injury Resources | Helpful NYC Legal Links from Lever & Stolzenberg, LLP

There are a number of helpful websites and online resources for those who have recently been injured in an accident and who are seeking help. We have collected some important New York personal injury links below that may help you learn more about your own case and situation. As always, please contact us if you have specific questions.

Car Accidents

• Accidents.com: Site provides help for accident victims, including:
  
  - News
  - Articles
  - Resources
  - Attorneys
  - Doctors
  - Case Evaluations 
• Best Cars 101 - Your Source of Best Cars Info Online: All about cars - articles, information, videos and questions.  A look at finding the best car to suit your needs, including a focus on safety features as well as insurance and articles/statistics on car accidents.
• Car Accident Tips - What To Do if You're in an Accident: Tips to follow if you are involved in a car accident.
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation's highways.
  The site includes:
  
  - Vehicle Ratings
  - News
  - Research and Statistics
  - Consumer Brochures and Videos
  - Laws and Regulations
  - Periodic Newsletter - Status Report - which includes up-to-date research and information on the highway safety field 
   
• Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation:

  The Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation (MVAIC) was established to pay bodily injury damages and no fault benefits to "qualified" victims of motor vehicle accidents caused by uninsured motorists.
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
• Motorcycle Safety Info
• New York Drunk Driving Facts: A look at driving while intoxicated (DWI) laws and penalities in New York State.
• New York Motorcycle Helmet Law: This site provides a clear description of New York's mandatory helmet law, including the statute, fine and standards.
• New York State Department of Transportation: This is a link to the New York State Department of Transportation.
• New York State Insurance Department: Headquartered in NYC, The Insurance Department is responsible for regulating the insurance business in New York State. The Department's mission is to protect policyholders and to promote the continued development of a sound and fair insurance industry. 
• No Fault Forms - Car Accidents: Here you will find required forms necessary to be submitted if you are in a car accident with a description of the NY Motor Vehicle No Fault Insurance Law.
• What to Do After a Car Accident

Construction Accidents

• Bloomberg - Construction Industry: This site addresses construction industry news from around the world.
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Addresses numerous health and safety challenges faced by construction workers - includes, but not limited to, :
  
  Asbestos
  Carbon Monoxide
  Electrical Safety
  Eye Safety
  Heat Stress
  Lead
  Machine Safety
  Skin Exposures and Effects
  Trenching and Excavation 
• Construction Industry News and Articles: Construction industry news and articles, including press releases and commentaries related to industry headlines, construction trends, construction management, architecture and design.
• Construction Site Safety
• Construction Worker - Career and Job Information: Comprehensive source of information for construction workers including:
  
  -  Careers
  -  Salaries and Benefits
  -  Job Search
  -  Resumes and Interviews
  -  Education and Training 
• Construction Worker Safety Series - OSHA: Construction worker safety series provided by OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration.  Focuses on the hazards and solutions for the most common potential hazards for workers in construction:
  
  
  
  
  
  • Falls (from heights)
  
  
  • Trench Collapse
  
  
  • Scaffold Collapse
  
  
  • Electric Shock and arc flash/arc blast
  
  
  • Failure to use proper personal protective equipment
  
  
  • Repetitive motion injuries
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  •  
  
  
• Crane Accidents.com: An online source for crane accident information including reports, photos and professional commentaries on crane related accidents.  The site was initially designed to encourage more diligent and aggressive enforcement of safety practices for those companies employing individuals who operate cranes in the workplace.  
• Crane Accidents.com
• McGraw Hill Construction: Connects people, products and projects across the design and construction industry.  Includes tools, resources and services for those in the construction industry.  This comprehensive website includes industry news, trends, events, resources and help with finding projects and jobs.
• McGraw Hill Construction - Connecting People, Projects and Products: McGraw Hill Construction connects people, projects and products across the design and construction industry by offering tools, resources and services to construction professionals for over 100 years.
  
  Site also includes focus on industry news.  
• National Association of Home Builders: A trade association that represents the home building industry.  It strives to improve affordable housing and also focuses on the home building industry.  Over 160,000 individuals are part of this group which has a comprehensive website outlining all the work of the association.  Take a look....
  
  
• National Association of Minority Contractors:

  Headquartered in the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area, The National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) is a national nonprofit trade association with numerous local chapters across the country and a history of helping minority contractors gain viability in their industry.
  
  Through advocacy and education, NAMC promotes the economic and legal interests of minority contracting firms. NAMC offers its members a forum for sharing information and mutual support. 

• National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors: A national trade association representing the steel pipe and tubular products distribution industry and its related businesses. Members enjoy a variety of benefits such as:
  
  
  
  
  
  • Professional Services
  
  
  • Conferences and Conventions
  
  
  • Seminars and Workshops
  
  
  • Industry Publications
  
  
  • Pipe Listings Website
  
  
• New York State Builders Association: The voice of the building industry in NY State....
  
  The New York State Builders Association (NYSBA), founded in 1951, through partnership with its 16 local affiliates statewide and the National Association of Home Builders, strives to create a favorable business environment and enhance its members ability to provide quality housing for all New Yorkers.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Noise and Hearing Loss in Construction:
  Research at The University of Washington identifies high noise exposure levels among construction workers.  This site focuses on noise, studies and practical ways to prevent hearing loss for those in the construction industry.  Focus is placed on construction workers and their employers.
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

• OSHA's Worker Safety Series - Construction: This construction worker safety series, provided by OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration - focuses on potential hazards and solutions for those working in the construction industry.  The specific hazards and solutions addressed here include:
  
  -  Falls from heights
  -  Trench Collapse
  -  Scaffold Collapse
  -  Electric Shock and arc flash/arc blast
  -  Failure to use proper personal protective equipment
  -  Repetitive motion injuries 
• Preventing Worker Injuries and Deaths from Mobile Crane Tip Over, Boom Collapse and Uncontrolled Hoisted Loads: This publication provided from NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - includes information to prevent workers injuries and deaths from mobile crane tip overs, boom collapses and uncontrolled hoisted loads.  This is an important read as research shows that many employees are not fully aware of the hazards of operating or working near mobile cranes.
• Sheet Metal Workers International Association:

  The Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association (SMWIA) serves to protect and raise the living standards of over 150,000 skilled men and women employed throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.  They work in the construction, manufacturing, service, railroad and shipyard industries.  The website includes:
  
  - news
  - careers
  - resources
  - membership 
  - events
  

  
  
• The Construction Safety Council: Construction safety resource focusing on training programs, safety publications and safety videos.

Slip and Fall

• Healthy Working Lives - Slips, Trips and Falls: This site provides information on how to assess the risks of slips, trips and falls in the workplace and how they can be avoided.  Attention is given to:
  
  - Main causes of slips, trips and falls
  - Legal duties and obligations to prevent falls
  - Assessing the risks of slips, trips and falls
  - Reducing the risks of slips, trips and falls 
• Lab Safety Supply: In addition to selling over 100,000 safety supplies, this website is a comprehensive source of information.  It includes an extensive library of newsletters and technical documents which makes it a complete source for ideas, research and solutions to safety issues.
  
  
  
• Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls: An online resource from a professional cleaning industry.  Focus on slips, trips and fall prevention plus how improving floor safety protocols can recoup big dollars for facility managers.
• Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention: Environmental health and safety group, from Carnegie Melon University, addresses prevention of slips, trips and falls.  
• Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention Guide: A report from Stanford University.  Includes detailed information on slip, trip and fall prevention including:
  
  
  
  
  
  • Responsibilities
  
  
  • Hazard Identification
  
  
  • Hazard Control Measures
  
  
  • Training 
  
  
• Slips, Trips and Falls in the Workplace: Addresses potential hazards for slip and fall injuries as well as workplace standards.  Also provides comprehensive source of additional resources.  
• Slips, Trips and Falls: Facts: Straightforward facts about slips and falls - from recognizing the problems to finding the solutions.

Truck Accidents

• America's Independent Truckers' Association, Inc.: This association was created to provide all those in the industry with the opportunity to save money.  And, membership is NOT required.  In addition to money saving opportunities, the goal of this group is to provide truckers with the information necessary to help do their jobs more easily. 
• American Trucking Associations: This association is "the voice of the trucking industry"....it's goal is to educate those who are involved in transporting property and keep them up-to-date on industry news.  It offers lots of opportunities for its members including councils, meetings, programs and events.
• American Trucking Associations: The mission of this association is to serve and represent the trucking industry with one united voice.  As the "voice of the trucking industry" for 75 years, the association focuses on advocacy and issues and offers programs, events and professional development councils for its members.
  
  
  
• Center for National Truck and Bus Statistics: Established in 1988, this is a national program to collect and analyze truck accident data.  The center surveys bus crashes as well.  Program is based out of The University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute.
• Educating the Public - Tips for Driving Around Tractor Trailers: A Truck Drivers News Blog - focuses on truck driver news and includes resources, links, articles and other pertinent information relating to the trucking industry.
• Everything Tractor Trailer: A comprehensive source of information on tractor trailers including:
  
  
  
  
  
  • - Trailer Repair
  
  
  • - Maintenance
  
  
  • - Manufacturers
  
  
  • - Leasing and Rentals
  
  
  • - Safety
  
  
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: The mission of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.  They are a comprehensive source of information including:
  
  - Rules and Regulations
  - Registration and licensing
  - Safety and security
  - Facts and research
  - Events and webinars 
• Layover.com: A comprehensive source of trucker news by state plus job openings.  State information and resources for truck drivers so that no matter where you are you can find out where to pay fuel taxes, or obtain permits as well as locate a state's DOT.
  
  An ideal source to learn where all the great places to layover are located and which rest stops are computer friendly - from truck drivers just like you!
• The Truck Safety Page: A look at truck safety and how to avoid a fatal accident, with a focus on fuel fire accidents and rollovers.
• the TRUCKERSREPORT.com: News and information for truckers, including:
  
  - Articles about how to become a trucker, the trucking business, owning a trucking company, trucking company reviews and     insurance
  
  - Trucking Forum - get your questions answered from other truckers!
  
  - Trucking Jobs 
• Tractor Trailer Safety: This site focuses on "everything tractor trailer."  It's mission is "to provide comprehensive up to date semi-trailer information so that individuals and companies can make business decisions in an effective and more efficient manner so that they can realize a meaningful savings while minimizing downtime, maximizing equipment lifespan, protecting their investment, and to recoup the highest possible value during equipment upgrades. "
  
• Trucking Info - The website of Heavy Duty Trucking Magzine: Focus on "everything" relating to the trucking industry:
  
  - news
  - trucks and trailers
  - operations
  - maintenance
  - drivers
  - "clean and green" 

Nursing Home Negligence

• Helpguide.org: A non-profit resource which provides information on caregiving and support for seniors and the aging population.  It focuses on aging well, nursing homes and other issues facing the elderly and their families.
• Nursing Home Information Site: This nursing home information site was established to answer the many questions you likely have regarding nursing homes, Medicare, Medicaid, long term health insurance, and patient rights.  It includes answers to many frequently asked questions and includes advice for both patients and family members.
• NursingHomes.com: A free elder care referral service.  Includes an assessment form to identify your needs and match them to a facility in your area that will meet your needs.  Also has advisors you can speak to -free of charge - to help you make the best choice for you or your loved one.
• Your Rights as a Nursing Home Resident in New York State: The Department of Health provides a list of your rights as a nursing home resident in NYS and the responsibilities of the nursing home.  In addition to listing specific rights, including being treated with dignity and respect, it addresses: 
  
  - Admission Process
  - Life at the Facility
  - Clinical Care and Treatment
  - Privacy and Confidentiality
  - Finances
  - Transfer and Discharge
  - Required Postings
   

Products Liability

• National Toxicology Program: Part of the Department of Health and Human Services, The National Toxicology Program is a program which evaluates the 80,000 plus chemicals that are registered for use in the United States.  
  
  Each year approximated 2,000 new chemicals are introduced for use in everyday items as foods, personal care products, household cleaners, prescription drugs and lawn care products.  Do these chemicals effect our health?  This group works to identify both what the effects of these chemicals are and at what levels of exposure they may become hazardous to our health.
  
  
  
  
  

   

  
  
  
   
• NaturalNews.com: Focus on all natural - natural health, natural living, natural news....
  
  This site non-profit and covers topics that empower individuals to make positive changes in their health, environmental sensitivity and consumer choices.  It includes numerous articles; for ex. chemicals in everyday products, alternative medicines for prescribed drugs that might not be good for you and food news - focus on avoiding foods that aren't necessariy good for us.
• NYC's Worst Landlords: This website highlights NYC landlords with the worst inspection records.  It also focuses on tenants rights and what you are entitled to with regard to basic essential services to live comfortable.  It address legal issues that might arise regarding:  
  
  -  Heat and hot water
  -  Repairs
  -  Lead paint
  -  Entering your home and unlawful eviction
  -  Emergency conditions  
• Product Liability: A look at product liability which includes:
  
  - Definition
  - Theories of Liabiity
  - Types of Liability
  - Breach of warranty
  - Negligence
  - Strict liability
  - Consumer protection
  - Links to sites focusing on specific areas, i.e. consumer protection and product recall
  
   
   

General

• Association of Women Construction Workers of America
• Chemical Plant Safety Blog - Dedicated to Chemical Safety, Industrial Safety and Workplace Safety: A blog which focuses on relevant safety topics and the importance of creating safe environments.  In addition to blogging, the site offers a wide variety of articles and free safety signs and information on purchasing safety equipment.
  
  
  
• Construction Industry: A comprehensive focus on the construction industry from OSHA - the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, part of the US Dept. of Labor.
• ForConstructionPros.com: A comprehensive source of information for those in the construction industry.   Site addresses key industry topics, news, events and a blog which provides insight into the equipment and building sectors of the construction industry.
  
  
  
• National Academy of Construction Safety: A not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting safety in construction operations which has been providing safety training to the construction industry for over twenty years.  
• National Safety Council: A non-profit public service organization whose mission is to prevent injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the roads through leadership, research, education and advocacy. The National Safety Council focuses on areas where the greatest number of preventable injuries and deaths occur including workplace safety, teen driving, cell phone use while driving and safety in homes and communities. 
• The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association: A trade association designed to serve the needs of railroad contractors, suppliers, and the entire railroad and rail transit construction industry. Their primary objective is to advance the mutual interests of its members and the railroad and rail transit construction industry through education, communication and legislation.
• Wilipedia - Personal Injury: An explanation of what it means to file a  personal injury lawsuit from the well known source, Wikipedia.