Pennsylvania meat and poultry workers, along with their counterparts throughout the country, may be facing injuries at a much higher rate than is being reported — despite the fact that, overall, slaughterhouses are safer workplaces than in the past. According to the Government Accountability Office, 151 workers in the industry died between 2004 and 2013 […]

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Pennsylvania employees who work outdoors may be performing some of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. According to the 2014 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries that was recently updated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the most dangerous civilian jobs are logging and fishing. Though loggers had fewer deaths in 2014 than many […]

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Workers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere throughout the United States should be concerned about their safety based upon statistics released by the Department of Labor. The number of workers killed in an on-the-job accident rose in 2014 to 4,679. This was an increase of 2 percent from the previous year. The data for individuals injured at […]

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Pennsylvania employers have a responsibility to ensure that their employees have the appropriate safety gear to carry out their duties without encountering avoidable risk to their lives or health. This covers both direct traumatic injuries and long-term injuries or illnesses caused by toxic exposure, repetitive stresses, or other workplace hazards. One of the most basic […]

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Some communication tower workers in Pennsylvania may have felt pressured to complete a job when they were fatigued or when insufficient fall protection was available. According to some people in the industry, contracts designed to make workplaces safer are not enough because employers are concerned about finishing a job on time regardless of weather conditions […]

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