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A Philadelphia worker was injured on the job this week when a large piece of construction equipment toppled onto him, breaking his femur. The worker had reportedly been in a construction lift known as a cherry picker, which is a piece of equipment more than 20-feet tall that is used to reach high parts of building facades […]
Category: Workers Compensation
Pennsylvania Man Awarded 3m In Workers Comp Case
A Pennsylvania man from Lower Pottsgrove has been awarded a $3 million workers’ compensation settlement following injuries he sustained after being involved in an accident while employed as a highway construction worker. The man is now a quadriplegic after being hit by a motorist while directing traffic in January 2001. According to court documents and the man’s […]
Teen Dies In Fatal Construction Site Accident
Undoubtedly, construction sites are dangerous places. This is why adhering to safety procedures and properly training all construction workers in safety protocol is of utmost importance. Any Pennsylvania construction company that fails to promote safety will be placing its workers in serious danger of work-related injuries and sometimes even wrongful death from a construction site […]
Osha Discovers Safety Violations At 3 Pennsylvania Lowes
Safety violations found by OSHA inspectors at three Pennsylvania Lowe’s stores resulted in proposed fines totaling $96,030. All of these dangerous conditions could have resulted in workers suffering serious injuries in the job. What’s more bothersome, though, is that a majority of these fines are for repeat offenses. A Lowe’s location in Palmyra that employs […]
Pennsylvania Food Worker Stabbed While On The Job
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia may sound like a safe and classy place to work; however, this week a catering worker stabbed a co-worker in the leg after the two allegedly got into an argument while on the job. Police said that the stabbing occurred in the catering kitchen at about 3:30 a.m. and […]
Osha Warns Workers Of Dangerous Summer Heat Part 2
With the temperatures reaching record highs this summer, OSHA has kicked off a new campaign aimed at eliminating the thousands of heat-related illnesses that occur on the job each year. The slogan is: “Water. Rest. Shade. The work can’t get done without them.” As we have been discussing, employers and workers in states like Pennsylvania […]
Osha Warns Workers Of Dangerous Summer Heat Part 1
This summer has been a real scorcher in Pennsylvania as well as most of the other states. And while the hot weather may be welcomed by those with access to pools and lakes, it is making the lives of people who work outside miserable. In fact, the extreme heat can be downright dangerous for workers […]
3 Philadelphia Construction Workers Injured In Accident
Construction is one of the most dangerous lines of work that exist today. Of course, closely following strict guidelines at construction sites ensures the safety of workers and passersby. However, all too often construction companies fail to adhere to these restrictions and people are hurt. Last week, three construction workers had to be rushed to […]
Philadelphia Worker Dies Of Suspected Chemical Inhalation
Just last week we wrote about a Pennsylvania maintenance worker who was killed while working in an electrical fire occurred, and discussed how out-of-use buildings can sometimes have major safety hazards to workers. Unfortunately, another worker has recently been killed while working in a vacant building, this time in Chester County. Police told the Philadelphia […]
Pennsylvania Maintenance Worker Killed In Building Fire
Throughout our lifetimes, we see many buildings being constructed, sitting vacant and being rebuilt. Throughout these stages, people are hired to work on the buildings when they likely aren’t up to code or safe enough for the general public. However, it is still essential that the buildings are safe enough for the workers. Unfortunately, though, […]
Injured Workers File Lawsuit Against Driller
Two workers who were injured in a February 23 workplace fire are suing a western Pennsylvania drilling firm as well as two subcontractors. According to the report, the EPA said the driller failed to properly manage flammable byproducts prior to the fire. The men were injured when 5 storage tanks of liquid condensate ingnited. An attorney for the […]
Did You Know Today Is Workers Memorial Day
April 28 has been set aside as Workers Memorial Day for the past 40 years to commemorate the founding of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). With OSHA came regulations and enforcement that helped make working environments safer for Americans. Undoubtedly, countless lives have been saved as a result of OSHA. However, on Workers […]