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- Speed kills: road safety advocates cite truck-related concern
Jan 13, 2017
Not going to happen. The worst fears collectively held by a broad coalition of road safety advocates across the country are about to realize, with a commercial truck-related rule they had hoped to see implemented before the end of the Obama administration almost certainly not being in place by that time. That rule, proposed by both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, respectively, and long endorsed by legions...Read More - Construction worker electrocuted at Mt. Lebanon High School
Dec 21, 2016
Unfortunately, despite all of the advances in safety technology and procedures, severe accidents still occur on construction sites throughout the country. Even workers who are simply effecting repairs are occasionally injured. This post will go over one construction worker’s injury and how he was injured. A construction worker, working on the electrical wiring at Mt. Lebanon High School was severely adversely affected by an arc flash. An arc flash is a type of electrical burn...Read More - What laws govern self-driving Ohio trucks and cars?
Dec 12, 2016
Autonomous trucks are now allowed to drive down a stretch of Ohio U.S. 33, now known as the Smart Mobility Corridor. As Ohio moves into the automated future, you may be wondering what laws govern self-driving trucks and cars in an accident. While all accidents and personal injury claims depend on the details, we can explore what laws regulate self-driving trucks and cars. An autonomous vehicle is a car or truck which is able to...Read More - Can you work part-time and collect workers’ compensation?
Dec 5, 2016
It is a common myth that you can either receive workers' compensation or your wage but not both. That is not true. Workers? compensation can and does replace wages, but it isn't only limited to that role. This post will go over workers' compensation and how you may receive it even while you are working part-time. Workers' compensation fulfills two purposes: to pay your medical bills and to replace any wages you lost due to...Read More - Football and its connection to brain injuries
Nov 29, 2016
While the majority of the media's focus has been on brain injuries for professional football players, a growing body of research indicates that the majority of brain injuries related to football occur in middle and high school. A recent study by the Brain Injury Research Institute found that 20 percent of U.S. high school football players have suffered a brain injury at some point during the season. These are extraordinarily high numbers. High school players...Read More - A review of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act
Nov 21, 2016
The Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act was passed in 1914. It enshrines all of the rights that employees have and the obligations that employers bear. The latest version was updated last year and implemented in February of 2016. This post will go over the Workers' Compensation Act (WCA) and how it may help you. Workers' compensation is a method that assigns the burden of caring for an employee's workplace injury to the employer through an insurance...Read More - Pain and its connection to brain injuries
Nov 21, 2016
A new study from the University of Vienna has found that pain is far more complicated than initially believed. Every day people are plagued by amorphous pain that doctors cannot explain or treat (aside from prescribing pain pills which have their issues). Doctors are only recently beginning to understand the complexities of pain and how the human body interacts with it. The study found that pain occurs along neural pathways which are conducted to the...Read More - A review of typical welder injuries
Nov 14, 2016
Welders, sadly, are still one of the professions that suffer from workplace fatalities. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), four in one-thousand welders die every year, which is extraordinarily high. Welders confront danger every day at work and incur long-term illnesses due to the nature of their job. This post will go over the immediate and long-term injuries. The injuries that welder’s face can be divided into two categories: immediate and long-term. Immediate injuries...Read More - Motor vehicle accidents: yes, it’s dangerous out there
Nov 4, 2016
We all know that one hand on the wheel and the other wrapped around a smartphone does not spell a good combination when it comes to roadway safety in Pennsylvania, Ohio or anywhere else across the country. It fact, it is a prescription for disaster, with reams of empirical data existing to underscore just how adverse — and, often, fatal — the results are when a motorist does not fully fix his or her attention...Read More - Governor Wolf Signs Daniel’s Law at Scott Township Fire Station
Nov 4, 2016
After two and a half years of blood, sweat and many tears, the Gallatin family finally saw Daniel’s Law signed by Governor Tom Wolf. Daniel’s Law will provide a sentencing enhancement of up to five years for an accident involving texting while driving that results in a death, or up to two years if there is a serious injury. Several hundred people gathered to watch Governor Tom Wolf sign Daniel’s Law at the Scott Township...Read More