The mining industry in Pennsylvania faces fire hazards every day. That's why both employers and employees should know about flammability risks and how training, personal equipment and new technology can help to ease them. There are, first of all, the standards set by...
Month: February 2020
Miners face fire risk on the job
Pennsylvania mine workers may face multiple risks of serious workplace accidents and injuries. Mining is physical work that takes place in confined, underground spaces, and an injury can have catastrophic effects. While the risk of an equipment injury or even collapse...
Semi-autonomous cars a source of driver distraction
You were injured in a car crash and found that the initiator of the crash was driving a semi-autonomous vehicle. If the driver was not drunk or negligent in some other obvious way, then it could be that the very technology meant to assist the driver led him or her to...
Who is responsible when someone is injured by a defective product?
When you purchase a consumer product, you have a reasonable expectation that is is safe for its intended use. If it isn't safe, and you are injured because of a defect in the product, who should be held responsible? This is one of the questions underpinning product...
Supervisors and worker involvement crucial to construction safety
Dodge Data & Analytics, together with the Center for Construction Research and Training, has analyzed the ways that construction contractors in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. strive to create a safer job site. The majority of contractors emphasized the role of...