A slip-and-fall injury at a condominium complex in Pennsylvania illustrates how job-related injuries can occur almost anywhere depending upon the type of work in which a person is engaged. A contractor was involved in a workplace accident when he slipped on ice and...
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Man killed at work in collapse of road salt pile
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....
Steel plant worker seriously burned in 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...
Demolition worker falls four stories and dies
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...
Employee injured in workplace robbery
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....
Roofer cited for safety hazard by OSHA after 3 fall ill in heat
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...
Enforcing executive order regarding chemical safety
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...
People should take steps to preserve their hearing
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...
2 dead in mining accident
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...
Acid explosion burns 2 Pennsylvania workers
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...
