A crane operator suspected of being under the influence during a Philadelphia building collapse that killed six people has surrendered himself into police custody. The Philadelphia building was scheduled for demolition but the something went wrong during the process...
While many of the concerns over industrial biomass energy have focused on emissions, explosion and fire continue to cause death and injury as well. In the past 30 years, there have been three deaths and several incidents of workplace injury at biomass incinerators...
The president of a Pennsylvania trucking company has been placed on a four year probation period. The company accepted payments for workers' compensation insurance but subsequently knowingly failed to provide the coverage for its workers. The company's president plead...
Businesses are making their way out of Colorado and other states. Actavis, a Fortune 500 drug maker that specializes in generic pharmaceuticals, is the latest major company to relocate a portion of its operations in pursuit of a lower tax rate. The company acquired...
According to a new report released from the AFL-CIO, about 150 people per day died from work-related injuries or illnesses in 2011. There were approximately 137 work-related illness deaths per day and another 13 fatalities were attributable to a workplace injury....
Labor advocates are trying to draw more awareness to workplace safety stating that hazardous conditions in workplaces receive far less attention from the media and the public than they should. According to a labor reporter for In These Times in a Washington Post...
Residents of Pennsylvania may be interested to know that emergency fire and paramedic crews rescued a man from a well at a construction site in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on April 12, 2013. The incident occurred when a 19-year-old construction worker slipped and fell...
Early in April 2013, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced a reduction in the workers' compensation rate of 4.01 percent. The commissioner of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department stated that the department is very pleased with the rate reduction. This most...
Regular or permanent workers are less likely to suffer injury than temporary or migrant employees in the same industry. The director for the University of Pennsylvania's Transnational Law Center reported that these employees come to the company at a serious...
The Philadelphia City Council recently passed a bill that would mandate employers in the city to offer paid sick days to employees although it would exempt small businesses with fewer than six employees. However, the mayor refused to sign similar legislation in 2011,...