Two workers were taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton after they were injured in a nitric acid explosion on Nov. 7 that occurred at the denture manufacturing facility in which they were employed. The facility is located on the former grounds of...
Pennsylvania fans of the Cirque du Soleil performances might take interest in hearing that it plans to appeal the six citations that it was issued by OSHA in connection to a performer's death. A performer fell 94 feet to her death back in June during a live...
The architect involved in the demolition of a building that resulted in the deaths of six individuals in a neighboring store has been subpoenaed to appear in court. The workplace accident that killed employees of a thrift shop occurred as a tall brick wall fell on the...
A construction worker involved in a central Pennsylvania construction project was airlifted to a hospital after a piece of construction equipment fell on top of him on the morning of Oct. 10. According to Susquehanna Township fire officials, the man had been working...
On Oct. 2, the Reading Fire Department worked to extricate a construction worker who had temporarily been trapped under a significant quantity of building debris. The man had been working on repairing a drainage system inside a carport on Mineral Spring Road when the...
Nurses and other medical workers in Pennsylvania such as orderlies and aides are more prone to musculoskeletal injuries than any other occupation, and the risk of workplace injury caused in many cases by having to lift patients is increasing. While the Occupational...
Sufferers of black lung disease in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are about to get some much-needed relief from the government. The Office of Workers' Compensation Program of the U. S. Department of Labor has finished implementing the rules changes required by Senator...
Pennsylvania construction workers are well aware that their occupation is a risky one. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA has reported that in 2011 there were 738 on-the-job fatalities as a result of construction accidents. Falls, electrocutions, workers...
An employee working in Waynesboro was killed on Aug. 29 in an industrial accident. The decedent was working for an industrial plant that provides cranes and other lifting equipment. Pennsylvania State Police issued a news release naming the victim and describing the...
A man died in an industrial accident in Shippenville on Aug. 23. The workplace injury occurred while the man was working on a piece of machinery. Clarion Hospital Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene of the accident. The site of the fatal workplace...