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- Rush hour accident in Pittsburgh sends 2 to hospital
Jan 25, 2013
Mornings are often a stressful time to be driving on roads throughout the Pittsburgh area. Worrying about things going on at work can make some drivers agitated. Others may decide to speed because they are running behind. Situations such as these can make people engage in behaviors they otherwise would not while behind the wheel. At times these actions can lead to car accidents. While this is never a good thing, the outcome can be...Read More - Workplace safety achieved in many different ways
Jan 25, 2013
Workplace safety is often thought about in the context of having standards in place regarding how to properly use industrial equipment or deal with a hazardous chemical spill. While these are of course steps that employers of workers in industrial settings throughout the Pittsburgh area should undertake, as the shooting at Western Psych illustrates, employers need to take into consideration ways to protect their workers from other people as well. To that end, one Butler...Read More - Worker dies in accident on Pittsburgh college campus
Jan 24, 2013
Construction projects are undertaken in a variety of settings each day in the Pittsburgh area. While many of those projects are completed without incident, in some cases accidents occur resulting in injuries. In the worst cases these injuries are so serious that they result in death. When this happens it is common for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to be called in to conduct an investigation. This is what happened after the tragic death...Read More - Study finds ICU patients face more medication errors
Jan 24, 2013
While few want to consider it, there are of course many ways in which a patient could be subjected to a medical error while in the care of a doctor, nurse or other healthcare provider. These errors run the gamut and include receiving the wrong dosage of a medication, receiving the wrong medication or not receiving any medication at all. These types of incidents occur far more often than anyone likely realizes. According to a...Read More - Pittsburgh area parents could be affected by stroller recall
Jan 18, 2013
Parent s of young children may be aware of the popularity of Bugaboo strollers. Upon learning that they are going to have a child, parents throughout the nation add the strollers to their baby registry or purchase the stroller themselves. Pittsburgh is one of the places in which this is likely happening. These parents will likely be interested to know that certain Bugaboo strollers have recently been recalled. The models included are "Cameleon" and "Donkey"...Read More - Ohio man struck by car faces long recovery
Jan 18, 2013
Accidents involving pedestrians and cars typically result in serious injuries or even death. One such recent pedestrian accident occurred on New Year's Eve and resulted in an Ohio man suffering a head injury and two shattered legs. According to police reports, the accident occurred during the early morning hours on New Year's Day. At this time, police believe a 46-year-old man was riding his bicycle when a 27-year-old man driving a Lincoln Town car struck...Read More - Lab errors could lead to misdiagnosis of medical condition
Jan 18, 2013
The misdiagnosis of a medical condition can be due to a variety of factors. While the most commonly thought of reason is likely the failure of a medical professional, in Pennsylvania or elsewhere, to pay attention to symptoms that indicate a medical condition, there are other situations where it can occur. Another reason for a failure to diagnose a condition could have to do with tests conducted. Errors occurring in the lab could lead to...Read More - Would law change reduce hit-and-run accidents in Pennsylvania?
Jan 18, 2013
When a driver who has been involved in an accident flees the scene there are multiple reasons the individual could choose to continue on. One of the possibilities is that the person behind the wheel is not aware that he or she has struck another vehicle or pedestrian. More commonly however it is related to the driver not wanting to be caught behind the wheel since he or she shouldn’t be there in the first...Read More - Hit-and-run accident in Allegheny County leaves woman dead
Jan 18, 2013
It is possible that the only thing worse than a loved one dying in an unexpected car accident is when the individual at fault for the accident immediately flees after the collision. This was the tragic outcome of a pedestrian accident that occurred earlier this month in Allegheny County. The victim was a 56-year-old woman. According to law enforcement the incident occurred in the middle of the night-between 4 and 4:45 a.m., when the woman...Read More - Hulk Hogan files lawsuit citing unnecessary surgeries
Jan 18, 2013
Each day throughout the nation, including the state of Pennsylvania, individuals seek help for medical conditions. Depending on the medical issue it is possible that a doctor or other health care provider will direct the patient that surgery is in his or her best interest. This is what allegedly happened to former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, had multiple surgeries on his spine reportedly based on recommendations by his...Read More