In a report they released on Aug. 6, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection concluded that a fatal gas well explosion was caused by the actions of an untrained and unsupervised contract worker. The explosion in Green County resulted in the death of...
An accident at an auto body shop in Pennsylvania resulted in the death of a mechanic. Before he was killed, the man was working on a vehicle at Negrete's Auto in Bucks County. There have been no reports that any other employees were injured in the accident. The fatal...
With the state of Pennsylvania set to increase the speed limit on a number of highways, construction workers are beginning to express concerns for their safety. On some of the state's interstate highways, Pennsylvania plans to raise the speed limit to 70 mph. The...
Pennsylvania residents may have noted the findings released on July 16 by U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigators regarding a fire and explosion that took place in a recycling plant in December 2010. AL Solutions operated a small plant in Cumberland, West Virginia,...
On Feb. 25, 2013, a temporary worker at a sugar plant in Pennsylvania was killed when he slipped into a hopper full of sugar. He was trying to get rid of clumps when the accident occurred. Thirteen days before the incident, the plant removed a screen designed for...
An employee of a Pennsylvania firm was killed in work-related accident at a General Motors plant in the Midwest. The explosion, which occurred on July 1 at 1:50 p.m. in a factory in Indiana, also injured eight other people. Four of the injured people received...
Pennsylvania workers may wonder what jobs are associated with the most risk and how much individuals are compensated to do them. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has provided data that answers this question. Some jobs are inherently more dangerous than others. The BLS...
Pennsylvania workers may be interested in a recent bulletin issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration outlining safety precautions for workers in the tree-care industry. The bulletin focuses on preventable accidents, especially those involving falls...
Authorities said that a scaffolding accident at a warehouse in the Pennsylvania township of East Deer left five workers with injuries. The June 16 workplace incident reportedly occurred at about 9:30 a.m. at a self-storage facility on Treadway Lane, where workers from...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced that the federal agency has launched a probe into a fatality at the Amazon Fulfillment Center in Carlisle. The workplace accident transpired on June 1, when a 52-year-old female employee died while...