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.
Posted on December 18th, 2008
U.S. District Jude Juan R. Sanchez has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the city of Easton, Pennsylvania by a police officer’s widow. The suit concerns the March 5, 2005 tragedy in which Officer Jesse Sollman was accidentally killed by his co-worker Matthew Renninger, whose gun went off while he was cleaning it. The city government has denied any liability on their part, claiming that Sollman’s death was a tragic accident but not a sign of negligence.
Carin Sollman and her attorney disagree. Their lawsuit claims that the Easton Police Department condoned an atmosphere of lax safety standards. Their record on gun safety, the lawsuit claims, is particularly negligent. As evidence, the suit sites an incident in which Renninger left a loaded gun on top of his police car while it was parked on a city street. He did not face any disciplinary measures when this accident was discovered. He has not faced criminal charges related to Sollman’s death, but he has resigned from his job.
For more information about workplace safety and the law, contact Pennsylvania wrongful death lawyers Lowenthal & Abrams at 610-667-7511.
