There's a construction worker reportedly in an induced coma in a Philadelphia hospital right now, this after he suffered an electrical jolt early last week. According to officials with the Office of Licenses and Inspections, "Everything was being done illegally,...
A 28-year-old man who experienced a disabling back injury at work was awarded over $10 million in damages in a personal injury lawsuit. The accident took place at a recycling plant where the man was delivering some papers that his employer wanted shredded. He suffered...
For nurses and clinicians in Pennsylvania and nationwide, the workplace is clearly a very dangerous place. Overall, around 35 percent of them have suffered work-related injuries at least once, with some of them suffering them more often. What are the majority of these...
When you think of the array of circumstances that can knock a person out of commission and prompt a claim for workers' compensation chances are good that the mind turns to physical injury. But mental conditions that stem from job-related situations may also be...
Many employers, especially those in high-risk industries, are not shy about going public with their safety achievements. It's not uncommon to see statements in plants or on the sides of trucks touting that the company has gone so many days or so many miles without an...
Workers' compensation is one of those important employee benefits enshrined in law. Every state in the U.S. has some sort of legislation on the books providing basic protection to help workers who are injured on the job get the support they need to recover and get...
There's a famous line in the Paul Newman movie, "Cool Hand Luke." It goes, "What we've got here is failure to communicate." It's used by a prison chain gang captain to explain why he's just beaten the inmate character played by Newman. Failure to communicate is an...
Technology is a wonderful thing -- when it works. The problem is that there are so many elements that have to come together in a seamless way for everything to work right. Anything that is computer dependent (and what isn't these days?) requires solid software coding....
Assuring public safety takes in a lot of territory. There are the police and firefighters who face the threat of being injured or killed in response to the various crises that may occur on any given day. Often overlooked, though, are those workers whose duties may...
It may be hard to pin down clear indicators of the effects the government shutdown is having on the country. There have been attempts in the media to highlight possible repercussions. But in some respects the stories have failed to stand out. They seem to be just a...