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Pennsylvania teen killed in farming accident

Oct 28, 2011

Each fall farmers around the state of Pennsylvania take to the fields to harvest the crop that will help them make their living for the year as well as help to feed the country. As is the case in at any job, it is possible that an accident can occur. Sadly, because of the size and nature of the equipment used in farming the injuries in these types of accidents are often very serious. A...

Man dies after tragic accident at auto auction in Pennsylvania

Oct 21, 2011

A man involved in a tragic accident earlier this month sadly died this week. The fatal accident occurred at an auto auction he regularly attended located near Manheim, Pennsylvania. The 57-year-old man was the founder and owner of a 15-year-old company that specialized in the transportation of vehicles. At the time of the accident the man was in the process of loading vehicles onto a carrier when an air hose apparently dislodged causing a Ford...

Ohio nurse tending to girl who died surrenders professional license

Oct 19, 2011

Earlier this year a 14-year-old Ohio girl with cerebral palsy died of while in the care of her nurse. This past month, the nurse who was attending to the girl surrendered her nursing license. According to Ohio Board of Nursing records, she had been licensed since July 1994. The surrender will make it impossible for her to ever be licensed in Ohio again. Prior to the girl's death she had cared for the girl for...

Should ERs regularly staff pharmacists?

Oct 19, 2011

While no medical provider makes a medication error on purpose, they occur on a regular basis in emergency rooms throughout Pennsylvania and the rest of the country. Because those in the medical profession do not want to harm their patients, improvements to processes that may help lower the occurrence of things such as a medication errors, are constantly being made. A recently study conducted in the emergency department at the University of New Mexico in...

Sony recalls more than 1.5 million TVs because of overheating fears

Oct 19, 2011

Any residents of Pennsylvania who recently purchased Sony Bravia TV sets should be careful. They may have purchased a defective product. According to a report by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Sony Corp. in mid-October recalled 1.6 million of its Bravia flat-panel TV sets for an important reason: A defective component may cause them to either melt or start on fire. The Bloomberg story says that Sony launched the recall following a September incident in which a customer...

Medical incident to blame in car accident caused by police chief

Oct 19, 2011

Anytime a car accident occurs there are multiple reasons why it could have occurred. Most commonly it is due to something a driver does or does not do, but should have. Sometimes however, a motor vehicle accident can occur through no fault of the driver when a medical issue arises. A police chief in a Pennsylvania town knows this all too well. The man was allegedly the cause of an accident involving one other vehicle...

Pennsylvania haunted hayride volunteer injured in wagon mishap

Oct 19, 2011

In the crisp autumn evenings, knowing winter is right around the corner many people living in Pennsylvania choose to spend as much time as possible outside. One popular activity often participated in during the weeks leading up to Halloween is a haunted hayride. Earlier this past month a man working as a volunteer at Haunted Hills Hayride and the Valley of Darkness Walking Trail in North Versailles, was injured while performing his duty of scaring...

Foreign national dies after walking into Pittsburgh traffic

Oct 14, 2011

Across the state of Pennsylvania, pedestrians and motor vehicles interact on a daily basis. While laws have been created to help the two coexist in a safe manner, and drivers and walkers do what they can to follow those laws, inevitably accidents do happen. Earlier this month 26-year-old man from Guatemala was killed after being hit by a pickup truck at 25th Street and East Carson in Pittsburgh. The early morning fatal accident that was...

Drop-side crib once sold at JC Penney recalled

Oct 12, 2011

As we discussed in a previous blog post, the sale of drop-side cribs was banned earlier this year. This ban is due to a defective design that can hurt and even kill children. While these types of cribs are no longer available to purchase in stores, there are still plenty of them being used regularly by consumers who purchased the crib before the ban took effect. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently announced the...

Pennsylvania man injured after pickup collides with train

Oct 12, 2011

Though one might think that because trains are so large and easy to see accidents are few and far between, they are actually more prevalent that many realize. It is because of the size and weight of trains that accidents involving the vehicles often result in serious injuries or death. A pickup collided with at train last week in DuBois, Pennsylvania. The police accident report indicates the accident occurred in the evening as the man...