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 June 22nd, 2010
Last Friday morning, two men were injured in an industrial accident at a natural gas well in northern Pennsylvania.
The accident occurred at an Ultra Resources well in Gaines Township, Pennsylvania. Officials described a pipe coupling coming apart as the cause of the accident that injured the two men. A piece of metal hit one of the men in the head and caused skull lacerations. The other man suffers from broken ribs. Both men were transported to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, but their conditions were not released.
The well was shut down after the accident and will be investigated by the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
If you or someone you know has been injured in the workplace, contact the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 800-876-LAWYER to learn more about your rights.
