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A PECO supervisor suffered significant burns on April 17 in an underground explosion in Pottstown, PA. The Delaware County Times reported that he was finishing installing new transformers when an electrical failure caused the explosion. Work-related injuries and burns happen for many reasons. Some of these are poor maintenance of equipment; inadequate safety training; violation of OSHA regulations; […]
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Worker Killed At Leaf Composting Facility
Falling objects are responsible for hundreds of workers being killed and many more injured every year. Recently, a 53-year-old worker was killed at a municipal leaf composting facility in South Jersey. NJ.com reported that the victim was unloading a box truck on March 18 when the hydraulic bed fell on him. He died from a head injury. There […]
Today Marks 100 Years Since The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
A thought-provoking column in the Philadelphia Inquirer this week remembered the horrific tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire that occurred 100 years ago on March 25, 1911. That day, 146 garment workers in New York City lost their lives in an event that forever changed workplace conditions and labor unions when people realized that no […]