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New technologies lead to new warehouse training options

Mar 22, 2013

There are a variety of different types of employers throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Some residents of the state leave their homes each day to go to an office. Others spend their days in a company vehicle completing tasks such as making deliveries. Still others work in warehouse settings and are responsible for moving items from one place to another. In accomplishing their tasks warehouse workers often use machines such as forklifts. While forklifts make...

New Hours of Service regulation pertaining to trucks be delayed?

Mar 22, 2013

There are many regulations that truck companies and drivers must adhere to. These regulations are designed to keep the profession as safe as possible, not only for the drivers, but for others on the road as well. One of those regulations affects the number of hours each driver can spend on the road before taking a break for a fairly substantial amount of time. Ideally at least a portion of that break would be spent...

Study finds children more distracting than cellphones to drivers

Mar 22, 2013

In our previous post we wrote about distracted driving in which the use of a cellphone provides the distraction. This is of course not the only way in which a driver in the Pittsburgh area can be distracted. Eating and playing with the radio can be a distraction and lead to a car accident. As it turns out, so too can the actions of your passengers. This is particularly true when the passengers are young...

Ohio woman files medical malpractice lawsuit for failed procedure

Mar 20, 2013

Most Ohio residents are used to hearing about legal battles being waged related to the topic of abortion. A recent medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a doctor at one Ohio clinic that performs the procedure, however, relates to an unusual set of circumstances. When an Ohio woman and mother of a preschool aged son learned she was pregnant with a second child, she hoped for good news. During her first pregnancy, the woman learned she...

Sponges left in bodies after surgery cause serious problems

Mar 20, 2013

For many who are preparing to undergo a surgery of any kind, there are concerns. Because even the most routine surgical procedure is accompanied by some risk, these concerns are legitimate. The thing most people are probably the most worried about is the anesthesia being administered correctly. It is not the only concern Pittsburgh area residents preparing for a surgery could have to deal with. Another operation related issue a patient could face is surgery...

Hit-and-run accident sends PennDOT worker to hospital

Mar 15, 2013

It's hard to say just what would cause the driver of a vehicle involved in a car accident in Pittsburgh to flee the scene. There are of course a variety of things that could lead to someone undertaking that action. One possibility is that the driver of the car is not supposed to be driving. That person could have a warrant out for his or her arrest or may not have a driver's license. In...

Violence poses risk to safety of Pittsburgh healthcare workers

Mar 15, 2013

Residents of the Pittsburgh area rely upon health care providers to assist them when they become ill or are injured. What patients visiting area hospitals may not be aware of is that in many situations, while providing that care those workers are putting themselves at risk of suffering a work injury. The risk is due to a variety of things including those in existence at other types of workplaces. In addition however, they are also...

Problem with the way cans were sealed prompts tuna recall

Mar 15, 2013

There are three main reasons that a product may be found to be defective. The first is a defect in the way the product is designed. The second in a defect in the way the product is manufactured. Last, the way in which a product is marketed could be defective as well. While it is of course possible that a product could be defective in more than one way, to have a viable products liability...

Woman injured in fall from cruise ship files lawsuit

Mar 15, 2013

Many individuals, including those from Pittsburgh, seek to break up the monotony of winter by escaping to a warm weather location. For some, that means a Caribbean Cruise. Unfortunately, incidents leading to personal injury lawsuits can occur anywhere, including on the open sea. This point is illustrated in a lawsuit against Carnival Cruise Line, as well as some of its employees, which was filed by a woman who was injured when she fell overboard. Though...

Statistics indicate decline in Pittsburgh workplace fatalities

Mar 15, 2013

Whether we want to think about it or not, death is a part of life. It is likely that most Butler County residents hope for a long life and a peaceful natural death. Unfortunately, as regular readers of this blog are aware, this does not always happen. People's lives come to an end too early, all too often throughout the state of Pennsylvania. There are many ways in which this happens, and while in many...