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- Worker dies at Pennsylvania well site
Jan 4, 2012
Sadly it is not uncommon for workers to be injured at work. This is true in Pennsylvania and throughout the country. Sometimes the injuries sustained in an accident are so severe that they result in the death of the employee. An employee of Highlands Drilling, LLC, a gas drilling company died last month after being involved in a work-related accident in Pennsylvania. A forklift ran over the 35-year-old man who was working at a well...Read More - Pittsburgh public works employee hurt at work
Dec 28, 2011
It is a sad reality that everyday workers are injured on the job. This is true regardless of the profession, throughout the country. A public works supervisor for the city of Pittsburgh knows this all too well. The man, who supervises the use of heavy equipment, was hurt on the job, in a motor vehicle accident at a work site. At the time of the car accident the man was driving a pickup at a...Read More - PPG Industries Inc. potentially facing $90,000 fine
Dec 23, 2011
A coatings and specialty products and services company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was recently fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for safety violations uncovered at a facility in Cleveland, Ohio. The September 26 inspection of the PPG Industries Inc. facility was the result of a complaint. The person making the complaint claimed that an unguarded winder machine was being used in one of its departments. It is not clear if anyone has been...Read More - Construction worker killed in work accident
Dec 21, 2011
A road-construction worker was killed earlier this month while working at a construction zone located around 1900 Willow Street in West Lampeter Township. The street was torn up so that new water lines could be installed in the area and she was acting as a flagger for passing traffic. Her employer, Wexcon Inc., had been hired to do the work. The accident that caused the death occurred at the end of the work day. The...Read More - $3M workers’ comp settlement for quadriplegic highway worker
Dec 16, 2011
A Pennsylvania highway construction worker who was left a quadriplegic after being injured at work recently reached what is considered to be one of the largest workers’ compensation settlements in the country. At the time of the accident the man was employed by Liberty Construction. Erie Insurance Co. is his former employer’s insurance carrier. Under the approved settlement the man will receive $3 million. The accident took place over 10 years ago, in January 2001,...Read More - OSHA fines Pittsburgh based sporting goods retailer
Dec 2, 2011
A safe working environment is something that employees throughout Pennsylvania have come to expect. As a result of this being important to residents throughout the county, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducts inspections of businesses nationwide. The goal of these inspections is to prevent work related injuries. Dick's Sporting Goods, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was recently fined by OSHA for several safety violations discovered in a store in New York. There were...Read More - Pennsylvania crane operator loses foot in accident
Nov 23, 2011
While it is possible to sustain an injury in any profession, those occurring in the construction industry are often the worst. This is due to the work itself as well as the heavy equipment that is often involved. Earlier this week a man survived a construction accident in Winfield Township. At the time of the accident the man was operating a crane on a bridge that was being resurfaced, located on Mushroom Farm Road. The...Read More - Workers’ comp denied, court says robberies to be expected
Nov 4, 2011
Businesses throughout the state of Pennsylvania are required to carry workers' compensation insurance policies to cover the costs that may incur should an employee be injured while working. These policies enable employees who have been injured while at work to file a workers' compensation claim to request benefits. As an employee at a liquor store learned firsthand, however, that there are limits on what the benefits will cover. In 2008 the man in this case...Read More - Texas roughneck injured in crane accident sues Energy Drilling Co.
Oct 31, 2011
After being struck by a stack of winches weighing more two and a half tons, a Texas oil rig "roughneck," as they are commonly referred to as, filed a workers' compensation lawsuit against the Energy Drilling Company, claiming he was injured when a noncertified crane hit the man. The incident took place in October 2010 as the man was working on an oil rig owned by Energy Drilling. The man states in the lawsuit that...Read More - Trooper injured after crash with fleeing suspect
Sep 1, 2011
A Pennsylvania state trooper was injured on the job last week when the police cruiser he was driving was hit by the car he was pursing. The accident happened shortly before 5 p.m. on New Falls Road in Bristol Township. When the accident occurred, the 46-year-old trooper was in pursuit of a 1998 Buick Century driven by a 31-year-old New Jersey resident. The Buick hit the driver-side front fender of the cruiser after trying to...Read More