A 51-year-old man was killed on Jan. 2 when a pile of road salt collapsed onto him while he was working. The accident happened at about 3:30 p.m. at the International Salt facility at New Ford Mill Road and Bordentown Road in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania....
On Jan. 7, a steel plant worker was seriously injured at Conshohocken Steel when his clothing caught fire. The accident happened at about 10:40 a.m. as the man stood too close to a portable propane heater with an open flame. Other employees rolled him on the floor and...
In a case that may interest workers in Pennsylvania and other states, the surviving family members of a construction professional in Texas sued several contractors for gross negligence after the man plunged to his death. According to reports, the accident occurred...
Police are investigating an incident at a state liquor store in Pennsylvania that left one store employee injured. News sources report that the workplace injury occurred when a man who entered the premises pistol whipped a female clerk after robbing the store....
A Pennsylvania roofing company was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for not offering employees adequate protection against heat hazards while they worked on a middle school in the town of Boothwyn. The OSHA rules...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking for input from businesses and individuals in Pennsylvania and around the country on changing its construction safety and other standards in order to stop dangerous chemical...
Police officers expose themselves to extremely loud noises while on the job. Officers in Pennsylvania and around the country must take the necessary steps to preserve their hearing. Hearing loss often goes unnoticed until far later in life. It is very uncommon for...
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided to allow the lawsuit filed by the wife a former employee of Armstrong World Industries to move forward on Nov. 18. The lawsuit claims that the Lancaster man sustained a workplace injury by being exposed to chemicals that...
Pennsylvania residents may be interested to learn about a fatal mining accident that occurred in southwestern Colorado. Although the factors that led to the accident are still under investigation, it has been determined that a 34-year-old man and a 59-year-old man...
Data released on Nov. 7 showed that military personnel in Pennsylvania who claim that they acquired post-traumatic stress disorder due to verbal or physical sexual assault might struggle in their effort to receive benefits. The Service Women's Action Network and the...