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Pennsylvania is a state with a strong tradition in manufacturing and other heavy industries, and these are occupations that use a lot of powerful machinery and hand-operated power tools. These tools have the potential impart a large amount of vibrational energy to the...
As many Pennsylvania residents may know, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration did little with nursing and health care services in the past. That changed on June 25 when OSHA announced a new initiative aimed at health care workers in certain types of...
Pennsylvania employers are required to ensure that their workplaces are as safe as possible for their employees. One of the methods many employers are using in this regard is a lockout program. This seeks to ensure that the power source to heavy equipment or machinery...
According to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries that is conducted annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4,679 U.S. workers died in 2014 from work-related injuries and illnesses, a 2 percent increase over the 4,585 worker fatalities recorded in 2013....
Pennsylvania paramedics may be interested in a recent study done on emergency service workers. Researchers found that EMS employees were 60 percent more likely to suffer an illness or injury when they worked more than 12 hours at a time. Beyond that, the longer the...
Despite employer safeguards for workers while they are on the job, workers can play a large role in keeping themselves safe. They should always be aware of their surroundings and notify their supervisors or authorities if they feel that something is out of the...
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers in the manufacturing sector have an amputation rate of 1.7 per 10,000 full-time workers, which is more than double the rate for all private industries. This translates to 2,000 full-time manufacturing...
Mine operators in Pennsylvania can expect increased inspections from the Mine Safety and Health Administration. A deadly day in which three miners lost their lives in separate accidents across the country prompted the agency's assistant secretary of labor to say that...
A new report by the National Safety Council concludes that some prescription drug overdoses suffered by employees may be compensable under workers' compensation insurance policies in Pennsylvania and nationwide. The report focused on opioid drugs, commonly called...
OSHA has introduced a new confined space standard that will have an effect on workers in Pennsylvania and across the country. In particular, the standard addresses the construction industry more directly than the existing standard enacted in 1993 did. The new rule is...