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Philadelphia appears to be on track for some big changes in city ordinances and regulations regarding site safety where building demolition is involved. The City Council has issued a massive report laying out 71 different recommendations. The report comes in the wake...
Every employer is required by law to provide workers' compensation insurance for his or her worker. But did you know that cab drivers in Pennsylvania don’t enjoy that protection? Rather than employees, cab drivers in Pennsylvania are considered contractors. And...
The home building trades can be hazardous to the health of workers. Those who frame homes and scale the heights of roofs are at particular risk. According to a 2011 study by federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, 64 percent of all residential building industry deaths...
The United States marks another anniversary of the horrible 9/11 terror attack today. It was on this day in 2001 that terrorist-hijacked airliners piled into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a Pennsylvania field after...
Someone getting run over by a steamroller is something you might expect to see in a cartoon, but there's nothing funny about it if it happens in reality. Pennsylvania readers might find it hard to believe that such accidents could actually happen, considering how slow...
Statistically speaking, being a firefighter isn't considered one of the most hazardous jobs in the country. According to the latest numbers released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and reported by Forbes, deaths per 100,000 full-time firefighters in 2012...
Everyone deserves to feel safe at their place of employment. Whether you spend your days in a cubical or work in road construction, your employer should always be looking out for you, making sure you are well-trained and equipped with adequate protections....
Authorities apparently still don't know exactly what caused the gas explosion that ripped apart three row houses in South Philadelphia at the end of last month. The only thing that is certain at this point is that the blast occurred and that several people were...
Each year, data is collected by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics involving injuries and illnesses that occur in workplaces across the country. Large groups or businesses such as Allsup, a nationwide provider of Social Security Disability...
It may not come as news to readers of this blog that a second death has been recorded at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh related to the gas well explosion that happened last month in West Virginia. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the death...