Monthly Archives: September 2015
Listen to this
It's the sound no one really wants to hear: silence. Unfortunately, about 20 percent of Americans suffer some degree of hearing loss. While many of the losses are due to aging, there are also other causes of hearing loss that...
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Tragedy south of Pittsburgh
An hour south of Pittsburgh sits the township of Redstone, Pennsylvania, which includes a number of rural villages. It's not a particularly prosperous area; according to the U.S. Census, about a fifth of the township's residents live in poverty. So...
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Construction worker burned in electrical accident
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration lists electrical hazards as one of the top four causes of construction fatalities. A Pennsylvania man working on a State College mixed-use development was burned when the equipment he was operating hit an electrical...
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Operator injured when crane topples
Construction workers who help erect tall structures know that cranes are invaluable tools to help move and lift materials. However, the giant machines also come with risks, as was illustrated in a recent Ohio construction accident.On a worksite in downtown...
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Workplace violence: Sometimes unexpectedly quiet
Media outlets throughout Pennsylvania and Ohio -- and the rest of the world -- provided extensive coverage of the killings of a reporter and cameraman on live TV last month. The chilling video was a graphic illustration of workplace violence....
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Pedestrian accident victim dies 50 years later of severe injuries
Most of our readers were not yet born when an 8-year-old Pennsylvania boy was hit by a car on July 8, 1965. The day after the pedestrian accident, the Allentown newspaper reported that the boy hospitalized in critical condition had...
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Holding drunken drivers accountable
A half-hour southwest of Pittsburgh, a couple has filed a lawsuit against a Canonsburg fraternal club, claiming that the club served alcohol to an intoxicated local woman. The 43-year-old suburban woman is accused of slamming her car into the back...
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