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Best Workplace Injury Lawyers in Each of 30 Biggest Cities in the US
Insider Monkey Staff
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In this article, we take a look at the best workplace injury lawyers/law-firms in each of the 30 biggest cities in the US. You can skip our detailed analysis and data on workplace injuries and go directly to the best workplace injury lawyers and law firms in each of the 10 biggest cities in America.

Humans as vulnerable entities are prone to accidents and illnesses. Forbes Advisor defines workplace injury as any injury, illness or condition experienced in the employment of a company or in the deliverance of work-related duties and responsibilities. Lamentably, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a worker expiring every 96 minutes in 2022 due to occupational hazard. Workplace injury is thus an inevitable part of the job world. According to ILO statistics, there are 340 million occupational accidents and more than 160 million work related illnesses per year in the world. 

While this stands true, it is also paramount to work arduously for ensuring human well-being in all forms at the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Act enacted in 1970 aimed precisely for these objectives. According to the act, the employer is bound by law to provide their workers with a secure and harmless work environment. The Public Health Post applauded the reduction in the death rate from 1913 because of OSHA, which has now become 5% of what it was in 1913. 

Despite concerted efforts by both government and employers, workplace-related injuries have existed and in fact continue to spiral upwards. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses by the private sector have been recorded in the year 2022-a 7.5% increase from 2021. Within this figure, illnesses have shown a fairly higher increase (26.1%) as compared to injuries (4.5%). The Bureau also published an alarming figure of 5,486 fatal work injuries in 2022- a 5.7% increase from the preceding year. To meet the demand, roughly 150,000 lawyers are part of the workplace injury legal industry.

National Safety Council has identified four most common workplace injuries that lead to days away from work: exposure to harmful substances, overexertion or overuse injuries, slips and falls and equipment related accidents. The upward movement of harmful substances from sixth place to first has mainly been attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The first three combine to form more than 75% of all nonfatal injuries and illnesses that result in days away from work. In addition, the council has also recognized four industrial sectors that can be concluded as most dangerous, depending on the measure employed: the construction industry for the most workplace deaths, education and health services for most nonfatal injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting for highest death rate per 100,000 workers and transportation and warehousing for highest injury and illness rate involving days away from work per 10,000 workers. 

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