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Nurses who move patients at risk for injuries

Feb 13, 2015

In the past we have discussed some of the dangers that exist for individuals who work in the healthcare field. While many individuals could be injured while interacting with patients during a stay in the hospital, far and away nurses spend the most time with them. During that time their duties vary widely but may include lifting and moving patients. This activity can be detrimental to the health of the nurse and could result in...

Allegheny County school bus accident kills father of 4

Feb 11, 2015

A school bus accident in North Versailles, Pennsylvania has killed an East McKeesport man. The accident involved several vehicles and happened along Route 30 in North Versailles near the intersection of Clyde Avenue. In total, 9 people were taken to the hospital as a result of this accident. The bus involved in this accident was a bus taking students to Propel Braddock Hills High School in Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania. Route 30 was shut down for...

New Castle car accident injures one

Feb 6, 2015

A head-on car accident in New Castle, Pennsylvania has injured one woman. The accident happened on Falls Street in Lawrence County near Apple Way. Yesterday afternoon as a woman driving a silver sport utility vehicle was pulling out of a parking lot on Falls Street a white sedan was pulling in. The two cars collided in a head-on collision and driver of the sedan was injured. She was taken to a hospital by ambulance. The...

Butler County school bus and tanker truck accident

Feb 4, 2015

A truck accident in Butler County, Pennsylvania injured two people this afternoon. A school bus rear ended an empty tanker truck on Route 422 in Summit Township. This tragic accident caused the driver of the bus to be taken by helicopter to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the driver of the tanker truck to be taken to Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler, Pennsylvania via ambulance. Police say neither of their injuries are life-threatening...

Hempfield Township head-on car accident injures three

Jan 30, 2015

A car accident in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania resulted in three people being injured. The accident happened on Arona Road at Camry Drive in Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania. The accident was between a Nissan Xterra and a Chevy pickup truck and the cause of the accident is still under investigation. Three people in the Nissan Xterra were taken to Forbes Hospital to be treated. The driver of the Chevy pickup truck walked away from the accident scene...

Vehicle rollover car accident kills one in Pittsburgh

Jan 28, 2015

A vehicle rollover car accident this afternoon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the Parkway East inbound near the Greenfield Bridge has killed one and injured another. The accident is currently under investigation and police do not know what caused the accident. Similar to rear-end collisions, vehicle rollover car accidents often cause severe or fatal injuries. Generally in rollover car accidents, people assume the driver is at fault for either turning too sharply, or driving too fast. This...

Logger injured in forklift accident in Pulaski Township

Jan 23, 2015

In Pulaski Township, Pennsylvania, a logger was injured on Thursday. The injury occurred about two miles off of Route 208 in Lawrence County. The injury happened when the forks from a skid steer loader fell on a man in his 40s, causing him to sustain severe head injuries as well as injuries to his arm and leg. After the accident, rescuers immediately arrived at the scene but could not reach the victim with emergency vehicles...

Dallas Hartman and wife Kristina recognized at Penn State

Jan 21, 2015

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Attorney Dallas Hartman and his wife Kristina Hartman were recognized in the Lartz Memorial Library on the campus of Penn State Shenango in Sharon, Pennsylvania. The event was to honor the naming of the campus' occupational therapy lab classroom to Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. and Dallas W. & Kristina Hartman. Dallas has been a supporter of Penn State Shenango for many years. His most recent donation of $150,000 is what...

New Wilmington car accident kills Salem woman

Jan 20, 2015

A car accident involving two cars sent three people to the hospital on January 20, 2015 in New Wilmington Township, Pennsylvania. The accident happened in Mercer County at the intersection of Pulaski Mercer Road and Bethel New Wilmington Road. The initial investigation has lead officials to believe that a minivan traveling southbound on Bethel New Wilmington Road ran a stop sign and collided with a pickup truck that was traveling westbound on Pulaski Road. A...

Fatal truck accident on Route 65 in Ambridge

Jan 16, 2015

A truck accident this morning in Ambridge, Pennsylvania along Route 65 between a tractor-trailer and a car has killed a 49 year old Rochester, Pennsylvania woman. The accident occurred at the intersection of Route 65 and 4th Street in Beaver County. The accident was reported this morning and the driver of the truck was said to have been sleeping when he crashed into the woman's car. Truck accidents that involve the wrongful death of a...