When it comes to the construction industry in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, trenching is considered to be one of the most dangerous tasks. Those who are involved in trenching accidents are at risk of getting crushed under the weight of the dirt, which can weigh up to...
Pennsylvania construction workers should be informed about the risks associated with their occupation, including falls and serious, potentially life-threatening head trauma. In fact, researchers found that there were more than 2,200 fatal traumatic brain injuries...
Pennsylvania motorists may not know that the number of large commercial trucks and buses involved in fatal accidents around the country increased by 8 percent in 2015 according to data from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced in May 2016 that the speed limit on long stretches of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and other highways was being increased to 70 mph. While long-distance truck drivers and harried commuters may have welcomed the...
Pennsylvania is not doing enough to protect its residents from the leading causes of preventable death according to a report from the National Safety Council. Accidental deaths are at an all-time high according to the NSC, and the nonprofit and nongovernmental public...
Pennsylvania residents may be aware that the electric car maker Tesla has claimed that their Model S luxury sedan is the safest car ever to be offered for sale in America, but the results of rigorous tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have...
Pennsylvania drivers may or may not already have features in their cars such as navigation, automatic braking and crahs avoidance systems. Some automakers are on a path to make cars completely self-driving. Congress is debating bills that would allow companies to test...
Men and women are known to differ from one another in terms of their brain anatomy as well as their propensity for mental illness after a brain injury. Mental illness in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder and depression affect women after a...