On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Workplace Injuries on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A study paid for by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the RAND Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace has found some startling statistics. According to the report, states that have low nonfatal injury rates for construction workers tend to have high fatal injury rates. Interestingly, the opposite is also true. Reports have indicated that construction has the highest number of fatalities among all segments of the industrial market.
The study on workplace injury found that states with high nonfatal injury rates were found mostly in the West, where more workplace inspections occur. In addition, these states were more likely to have stronger unions as well as higher wages and benefits. Those states with high fatal injury rates were mostly located in the South, where lower wages, weaker unions and lower workers' compensation benefits are apparent.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Workplace Injuries on Thursday, May 10, 2012
Individuals working at breweries in Pennsylvania may want to make sure their employers are obeying safety regulations. A recent workplace accident took the life of a 26-year-old man working at Redhook Brewery, which is in another state.
Reports indicate that a beer keg had exploded in his face. Emergency workers classified the injuries as traumatic. An official with the local fire department was unsure of how the accident happened.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Car Accidents on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
According to the Berks County, Pennsylvania deputy coroner, a 31-year-old woman from Norristown, Pennsylvania, who was involved in a freak accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, was recently pronounced dead at Reading Hospital.
Authorities have reported that the car crash occurred while the 31-year-old journalist was traveling westbound on the turnpike in a Volkswagen. A box truck traveling eastbound on the turnpike at the same time collided with a construction sign. This sent the traffic-control sign into the air. It then crashed into the windshield of the woman and hit her in the head.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Drunk Driving Accidents on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
A Pennsylvania boy is preparing for his fourth surgery in nearly a year. He was injured last year when he and his aunt were struck by an alleged drunk driver. The two were leaving a baseball game on Aug. 4 when a 22-year-old man behind the wheel of a Toyota Tundra struck the boy and his aunt as they were crossing the street.
The boy, 9 years old at the time of the drunk driving accident, was on vacation in another state at the time of the accident. He and his aunt had just left a Philadelphia Phillies game in that city.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Car Accidents on Tuesday, April 17, 2012
According to the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia, the city has the highest rate of bicycle commuters among the 10 most populated cities in the nation. With this information, one would expect that bicycle safety would be of the utmost importance. A new state law is looking to decrease the number of car accidents involving bicyclists by requiring drivers to keep a certain distance when passing those riding on bicycles.
The new law took effect across the state of Pennsylvania earlier this month. It allows drivers to pass over yellow lane lines in order to give bicyclists a clearance of at least four feet. On top of this, drivers who are turning left will be required to yield to bikes that are coming from the opposite direction.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Car Accidents on Friday, April 13, 2012
Philadelphia readers may remember a sad story from a few months ago about a young Philadelphia Phillies fan who was hit by a car in San Francisco as he was attending a Phillies away game.
The 22-year driver who hit the 9-year-old boy in this car-pedestrian accident was recently sentenced to one year in prison, five months of probation and 100 hours of community service.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Workplace Injuries on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
According to reports, a 36-year-old Pennsylvania man died recently after being injured at work. The man was an employee at a paper factory owned and operated by Procter & Gamble Inc. in Washington Township. Officials from the company explained that the accident occurred while production lines were shut down. Routine maintenance was being performed on the machines.
While repairing a machine, the man sustained some form of head trauma, and he was dead an hour later. The Wyoming County coroner said that the head trauma was the cause of death.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Car Accidents on Wednesday, April 4, 2012
An accident in 2010 took the life of a 22-year-old man from Philadelphia. His best friend since childhood was driving at the time of the car crash. According to reports, he will face jail time for the death of his close friend.
The driver, a 21-year-old man from Allentown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to recklessly endangering another person and homicide by vehicle.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Truck Accidents on Thursday, March 29, 2012
A collision near Rockwood, Pennsylvania, has left one person dead and more than 20 injured. According to reports, a school bus carrying at least 23 people -- mostly students -- and a tractor-trailer were involved in the crash. The truck accident killed the truck driver.
Authorities report that the wreck happened around 2:30 p.m. on Route 281. The school bus was transporting students from the Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District at the time, returning them from a vocational and technical school they were attending in Somerset, Pennsylvania.
On behalf of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford, P.C. posted in Car Accidents on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
A new law passed in Pennsylvania to ban texting while driving is beginning to take effect. Advocates for the anti-texting statute are hoping that it will help diminish the number of accidents caused by distracted driving that occur each year. In 2010, approximately 14,000 car accidents in Pennsylvania were attributed to distracted driving; 68 people died in those crashes.
According to police and other supporters of the law, the new statute will likely lower those numbers. Groups are admitting that the ban on texting will be hard to enforce due to the possibility that drivers may be dialing a phone number or programming a GPS device.
