The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) consistently finds that workers in the construction industry face a much greater risk of injury due to the nature of their work. Safety should always be the top priority for construction workers, so equipping employees with the appropriate personal protective equipment and instructing them on how to safely operate under the specific working…
Worker Settles Claim with Tank Manufacturer An employee of a fire truck manufacturer in Pennsylvania was injured in a work-related accident when a tank collapsed on his left foot, which resulted in him losing two toes. The incident occurred when the man was unloading a 3,500-gallon plastic truck tank using a two-legged bridge chain sling. The rigging system, which called…
Workers Settle Injury Claims in Scaffolding Collapse Two plasterers and a truck driver were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two plasterers were working on scaffolding as buckets of mud and stucco were being hoisted up with a pulley. The movement of the hoisting and pulling, along with an inadequate number of tie-ins to…
Settlement Reached from Two Falls on Consecutive Days Two ironworkers fell from the same roof on two consecutive days at a construction site in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. A settlement in the amount of $3.85 million was reached with the general contractor, R.E. Crawford Construction, Inc. and the construction manager, Zamias Services, Inc., of a project. Lavern Breon was lying steel decking…
Family of forklift operator settles workplace negligence case for $1.7 Million A 52 year old worker was operating a forklift unloading tractor-trailers at his workplace. A trucker who was employed by a trucking company pulled his truck into the unloading area and pulled back the side curtains and unstrapped the pallets on the trailer. The forklift operator believed that the…
Carpenter Fell from Defective Scaffold | Jury Awards Verdict for Injuries A jury awarded a carpenter $18 million for injuries suffered from a 15-foot fall at a job site. The carpenter fell off a structurally defective scaffold. He fractured his ankle and herniated three spinal discs. He had surgery to fuse a portion of his spine. He claimed that his injured ankle will require a…
Four Recent Deaths of Construction Workers from Falls Within the last week, four separate construction-related falls have resulted in deaths. The most recent accident occurred last Tuesday when a masonry worker fell thirteen stories from the roof of the Pennsylvanian apartment building in Downtown Pittsburgh. The previous three incidents occurred in North Strabane, New Kensington and Monessen. The Occupational Safety…
Serious burns suffered by U.S. Steel Clairton coke workers today Of the 15 workers injured in the blast, 14 suffered burns to their faces and bodies, and 1 suffered chest pains, according to an Allegheny County spokesman Kevin Evanto. A UPMC spokesperson confirmed that six injured workers were sent to Mercy Hospital, four to Presbyterian Hospital, one to McKeesport Hospital…
Workers Injured at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Plant Late this morning an explosion and fire at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke plant injured workers. At least 15 workers have been injured, with at least two injured critically. According to Allegheny County Emergency Services, no workers are missing or trapped in the plant. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is dispatching…
Driver’s Family Settles With Trucking Manufacturer A cement truck carrying a cement mixer rolled over and killed the driver. A wrongful death case was filed and settled for $3 million. The truck blew a tire and struck a ditch in the road. When the truck struck the ditch, the mixer, which was full of concrete and weighed approximately 40,000 pounds, came…
