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- Worker dies in accident on Pittsburgh college campus
Jan 24, 2013
Construction projects are undertaken in a variety of settings each day in the Pittsburgh area. While many of those projects are completed without incident, in some cases accidents occur resulting in injuries. In the worst cases these injuries are so serious that they result in death. When this happens it is common for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to be called in to conduct an investigation. This is what happened after the tragic death...Read More - Collapsed crane at construction site injures 7 workers
Jan 16, 2013
It is likely that most people are aware of the hazards associated with working at a construction site in the state of Pennsylvania. The often perilous job sites and heavy equipment leave every day with potential for an injury inducing accident to occur. Earlier this week one such accident did occur at a construction site in Queens, New York. Several workers were hurt when a crane located at the site collapsed. It was affixed at...Read More - Workers among those reporting illness at Pennsylvania store
Jan 16, 2013
Often when one hears that a worker has received workers' compensation benefits it is assumed that person was involved in some type of accident while on the job. The reality however is that the benefits are also available when a worker becomes ill due to conditions at the workplace. Recently, employees of a Pennsylvania WalMart were among several individuals who became sick while there. The problems people were experiencing involved their throats and ears. As...Read More - Heavy equipment at construction sites poses safety hazard
Jan 11, 2013
Construction sites in the Pittsburgh area are clearly hazardous places to work. In addition to ever changing physical surroundings workers must often work around, and with, large pieces of construction equipment. While these pieces of heavy equipment are vital for the completion of a project in a timely manner, they can be dangerous. One of these types of equipment is an excavator. Recently a worker in another state who was injured when he was struck...Read More - OSHA requires Pennsylvania mines to house defibrillators
Dec 28, 2012
Pennsylvania workers should be covered under workers' compensation insurance for medical coverage and lost wage replacement in the event that an accident renders them injured on the job. However, it is obviously the ideal situation that the worker avoids injury or illness in the first place. Instead of working to compensate a worker after an injury, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration seeks to implement and enforce regulations with the aim of preventing the...Read More - Man sent to hospital after Pennsylvania industrial accident
Dec 21, 2012
Injury producing accidents occur throughout the Pittsburgh area regularly. While they happen in a variety of settings, some of the most serious take place in industrial settings. This past weekend one such incident occurred at the Edgar Thomson Plant. Though it is not clear what exactly happened, the plant's owner, U.S. Steel indicated a fire broke out one night, shortly after midnight. As a result of the incident a man who was working there was...Read More - OSHA recognizes Pennsylvania company for high safety record
Dec 21, 2012
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that uniform rental company, Cintas Corporation, has received the respected Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star certification. Cintas' facility in Ashton, Pennsylvania received the prestigious recognition for the "practice of and commitment to" exemplary occupational and workplace safety. The Star level is the highest distinction awarded by OSHA. An OSHA spokesperson states, "At OSHA, we will use this location as an example of how businesses can not only...Read More - OSHA seeks to determine if first responder training can be safer
Dec 14, 2012
Investigations of the safety precautions taken by businesses may be conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for many different reasons. Sometimes they are the result of a complaint that has been filed by someone at the location. Other times they are conducted at random. One catalyst that almost always results in an OSHA investigation is the occurrence of a workplace accident that results in serious accidents. This is particularly true when a death...Read More - Scaffold collapse causes 2 workers in water tower to fall
Dec 7, 2012
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced that falls accounted for the most workplace violations in the fiscal year 2012. Also in the top 10 were scaffolding violations. Earlier this month an incident involving two men cleaning a Pennsylvania water tower illustrates just how serious the consequences from a fall from scaffolding can be. A total of three men were working on the water tower at the time of the incident. Two were standing...Read More - Mortician believes leukemia was a result of working conditions
Nov 30, 2012
Often when the term workers' compensation benefits is mentioned it is assumed that someone is seeking the benefits due to an injury that is suffered while conducting a task related to one's occupation. While in many cases this is of course true, there are other times in which the benefits are sought due to an illness that is brought on by working conditions. An example of an illness that could be due to working conditions...Read More