Posted on August 30th, 2010
This past Friday evening, two workers were injured while putting on a fireworks show at the PNC Field in Moosic, Pennsylvania. The accident occurred during the fireworks display put on after the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees minor league baseball game. The workers are employed by a pyrotechnics company used at the stadium to produce fireworks displays.
Details on the workers’ identities, injuries, or conditions were not released, but a family member of one of the workers told reporters that they were in stable condition. A Pennsylvania state fire marshall and a team of investigators are looking into what caused the accident.
If you or someone you love has been injured on the job, contact the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 1-800-876-5299 to learn more about your rights.
Posted on August 24th, 2010
Last Friday afternoon, a New York woman’s arm was severed after being caught in a packing machine at her job at Brand Packing Group Inc.. 37-year old Beatriz Blas was working at the company’s plant on Price Parkway when her arm became stuck in the machine she was using. A coworker responded to her screams, and was able to free her from the machine and pick up her severed arm.
Blas was airlifted to Nassau University Medical Center for immediate treatment, but later transferred to Stony Brook University Medical Center where she is in stable condition. Doctors are now trying to reattach her amputated arm.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the workplace accident. Witnesses and company officials were not sure how Blas’ arm became caught in the machine.
Posted on August 17th, 2010
Sunday afternoon, a 4-year old child was injured in a two-car accident that occurred just outside the Philadelphia Zoo.
Philadelphia police reported that the accident happened at the intersection of 33rd Street and Girard Avenue and caused one vehicle to flip over. The child was ejected from the vehicle that flipped in the accident. Officials are unsure of what caused the accident.
Emergency officials arrived on scene quickly and transported the child to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in serious condition. A 60-year old woman was also taken to a nearby hospital for minor injuries and was listed as being in stable condition.
Posted on August 10th, 2010
A two-vehicle accident occurred last night between a SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority) bus and DRPA (Delaware River Port Authority) vehicle. The DRPA vehicle was traveling westbound on Spruce when it collided with the SEPTA bus traveling northbound on 16th Street. The two then crashed into Tom Peters’ Monk’s Cafe.
Peters, who lives in one of the apartments above his restaurant, said he was awoken by the accident to see a cloud of dust and the bus partially inside his restaurant. All apartment residents were evacuated from the building and fortunately, none were injured.
The two drivers involved in the accident were transported to Jefferson Hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.
If you or someone you love has been injured in a car accident, contact the Pennsylvania auto accident attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 800-876-LAWYER to learn more about your rights.
Posted on August 3rd, 2010
After months of refusing to pay severance to over 1,500 Honduran workers, Nike has agreed to pay $1.54 million in workers’ compensation funds. The 1,500 workers were owed approximately $2.6 million according to Honduran laws after they were abruptly laid off from their jobs when the Choloma and San Pedro Sula Nike factories were shut down. The factories closed in January 2009.
Nike had initially tried to place payment responsibility on the workers’ subcontractors, Vision Tex and Hugger, however they recently gave in to pressure from university and student anti-sweatshop groups.
The $1.54 million will be divided between the workers based on length of service and workers’ earnings. Also, Nike will be paying for enrollment and one year of coverage in Honduras’ national healthcare program.
If you or someone you love is seeking workers’ compensation, contact the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 800-876-LAWYER to learn more about your rights.
