Research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that falls off of ladders while on the job account for a large percentage of accidents in Pennsylvania and across the nation. A research team reported that 43 percent of deaths from falls in...
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2 construction workers injured by falling debris
Two Pennsylvania construction workers were injured on April 29 by falling debris at a demolition site. The workplace accident took place at about 10:30 a.m. in the Strawberry Mansion area of Philadelphia. The demolition work was part of a project to rid the city of...
SeaWorld loses appeal of OSHA citations
Pennsylvania residents who have been to the SeaWorld theme park may be interested to hear about the park's appeal of citations made by OSHA concerning the safety of trainers. The initial citations arose after the death of a SeaWorld trainer during one of the park's...
Tree trimmer injured with chainsaw while at work
Sources say that a Pennsylvania tree trimmer survived an accident in which his chainsaw reared back and got lodged in his neck. The incident occurred on March 31 in Ross Township. At the time the workplace injury occurred, the 21-year-old was in a harness working on a...
Company says equipment involved in fatal accident safe
A recent incident in Pennsylvania claimed the life of the global director of research and development for the Mersen USA Group. The victim had been visiting a plant in the city of St. Marys when an oven exploded, killing him and injuring two others. The general...
Study finds that workers may suffer from sleep loss
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...
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...
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...
Pennsylvania widow may seek punitive damages in lawsuit
A U.S. District judge for Pennsylvania ruled that a punitive damage claim may be filed in a lawsuit involving a City of Philadelphia worker who died on the job. The worker's widow is suing the city and the manufacturer of the ladder that her husband was using when she...
1 hurt, 1 missing after Pennsylvania gas well explosion
One worker is missing and another is injured after an explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania gas well on Feb. 11. The explosion triggered an intense fire, and first responders at the scene were beaten back by the flames. The workplace accident occurred at about 7...