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- Pennsylvania chemistry teacher burned during experiment
Nov 21, 2012
Chances are when Pittsburgh area residents think about work accidents, teachers are not the victims that usually come to mind. The reality however is that of course anyone can be injured while working, at any time. A Pennsylvania high school chemistry teacher has become all too aware of this. He was burned during a lab experiment. The 35-year-old man was reportedly in the process of combining potassium nitrate and table sugar over heat, in a...Read More - Pennsylvania steel plant accident prompts civil lawsuit
Nov 21, 2012
Jobs in the steel industry are common in the Pittsburgh area. While many of these jobs provide a good living for those who work them, the jobs can also be dangerous. This is illustrated in an industrial accident that occurred in the summer of 2010 at the Clairton Coke Works. The explosion of the coke oven blast left 15 individuals hurt. The incident resulted in injured workers filing workers' compensation claims. Following the accident an...Read More - Pennsylvania mines receive safety award
Nov 16, 2012
Regular readers of this blog are likely aware that most of the topics written about focus on workers being hurt while completing a task that is a part of their job. While work related injuries do of course occur all too frequently in the state of Pennsylvania, there are employers who are taking the steps necessary to prevent these incidents from occurring. Recently, it was revealed that two Pennsylvania coal mines have accomplished a great...Read More - Pennsylvania recycler faces $58K OSHA fine
Nov 16, 2012
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is responsible for creating rules to keep workers safe throughout the nation. In addition to creating those rules it also makes sure that they are being enforced. This enforcement is accomplished through inspections. The inspections can be random, the result of an accident or come as a result of the receipt of a complaint. Inspections that uncover violations often lead to citations of various severity. Some citations result...Read More - Pennsylvania man dies after incident with backhoe
Oct 17, 2012
The widespread use of heavy equipment in construction and roadwork has made this type of work much easier for those who do it. Arguably, the equipment makes the work more dangerous as well. This is true regardless of how the equipment is being used and is illustrated in a fatal work accident that occurred in Pennsylvania earlier this month. A 51-yar-old man died after the backhoe, which he was in the process of repairing, early...Read More - Worker injured at Allegheny County construction site
Oct 15, 2012
There are at least as many ways to be injured on a job site as there are different types of jobs. The type of injury sustained at a workplace is commonly dependant on the job to which it is tied. Construction workers are often injured while using dangerous equipment or in falls. Recently a man working in Allegheny County was hurt in a construction accident. According to an Edgeworth police officer, the man who was...Read More - Pittsburgh residents mourn the death of state trooper
Oct 12, 2012
Sadly deaths that occur while an individual is working are all too common in the Pittsburgh area. While all of these deaths due to work accidents are of course tragic, there is something particularly sad about a person whose job it is to protect the lives of Pittsburgh residents losing his or her own while performing that job. As most reading this are probably aware, this recently happened in Beaver County. According to state police...Read More - Remembering one of Pittsburgh’s worst industrial accidents
Sep 19, 2012
People have been injured while working since the beginning of time. While the amount of work done increased greatly, more disastrous outcomes arose along with those efficiencies with the dawn of the industrial revolution. The changes to the way many tasks were accomplished left an impression for years to come. One of the worst industrial accidents the Pittsburgh area has seen occurred 150 years ago, during the Civil War. It was an explosion that took...Read More - Asphalt roller involved in fatal Route 66 work accident
Sep 10, 2012
Well maintained roads are a luxury that is probably not given much thought by those who regularly use them. It takes a lot of time and energy to lay and keep them up however, providing jobs for individuals throughout the country, including the Pittsburgh area. The maintenance of roads entails the use of heavy machinery that can be dangerous. An accident illustrating just how dangerous the machinery utilized in roadwork can be, occurred late last...Read More - Falling concrete barrier falls on Pennsylvania worker
Sep 7, 2012
As we have mentioned in previous posts, certain employers throughout the state of Pennsylvania are required to maintain workers' compensation insurance. The workers' compensation policy is designed to provide benefits to employees of the business should they be injured while working. The benefits provided under these policies vary depending on the extent of the injury suffered. Upon the acceptance of one's application, many injured workers find themselves receiving compensation for medical bills and lost wages...Read More