Hazleton workers may be interested in a new study that suggests that long-term sleep deprivation can lead to irreversible brain damage. The study is the first to find that prolonged stretches of sleep deficiency can lead to permanent damage and possibly increase the...
Month: March 2014
Pennsylvania company cited for repeat safety violations
Sources say that a Pennsylvania company was recently cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for repeated safety violations at its Shippensburg location. In August 2013, as the result of a complaint, OSHA initiated an inspection that has led to more...
Company not receiving criminal charges for explosion
A contractor that allegedly caused an explosion when an employee hit a gas line at a residence on March 4 will not be brought up on criminal charges. The accident resulted in one fatality and injuries to seven workers. Investigators have ruled the explosion, which...
Workers test positive for elevated radiation levels
Pennsylvania workers may have noted news of radiation exposure at a radioactive waste disposal plant. A radiation leak at the underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico on Feb. 14 has impacted 13 workers who have tested positive for radiation exposure at elevated...
Increase in tower worker deaths prompts OSHA crackdown
Pennsylvania workers may have heard that the increase in the number of deaths among communication tower workers in 2013 prompted an address from the assistant secretary of labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to the National Association of Tower...