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Years of public campaigns to reduce the threat of drunk driving on the nation’s streets and highways have helped, but most people will agree that the successes we have seen do not go far enough. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that about 170,000 people across the United States are injured in alcohol-related traffic […]

Why has there been a rash a frequent worksite accidents?  Can these accidents have been prevented? Just yesterday, July 11, 2013, workers on the fifth and sixth floors of the under-construction Temple University science building in North Philadelphia were temporarily stuck after a partial collapse on a lower floor of the site, the city fire […]

What are the proper requirements for truck drivers to certify their fitness?  Are the federal mandates too strict or lax? As part of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) amended the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to require commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders, subject to the physical […]

Posted on Jul 11, 2013 A Chambersburg man was injured after striking a truck stopped on the shoulder of I-81 in Franklin County on July 9, 2013.  Pennsylvania State Police, Chambersburg, report that Patrick Wade Cole was driving north on I-81 at mile marker 17 around 11:10 p.m. when he drifted off the roadway and struck the […]

Posted on Jul 10, 2013 Choosing the right insurance company is an important decision. There are many different products and needs.  There are many things to consider, such as whether or not the company is financially solvent, how is the customer service, are the rates adequate, does the company have a complaint history and does the company offer […]

Effective today, July 10, 2013, Medicare has three years to claim reimbursement for its subscribers’ medical costs. This statute of limitations is mandated by The Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers (or SMART) Act which became law early this year. Until now, there had been uncertainty on the timeframe in which Medicare could seek to recoup […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created by Congress in 1970 and given the mission to promote safer workplaces in the United States. It sets job safety standards for each industry in the nation, conducts workplace inspections, investigates accidents after they occur, and issues regular progress reports to Congress and the US public. […]

Many people, including employers, forget that Pennsylvania employers are required to post certain notices in their worksites so employees have access to and information about applicable labor laws. Go to the link below to see the various postings and to download one, or more. All notices must be posted in a conspicuous place so that […]

A disastrous lapse of judgment led to tragedy in Philadelphia in early June 2013. The routine demolition of a four-story commercial building in downtown Philadelphia became a catastrophe when the structure suddenly collapsed onto an adjacent thrift store. Workers and shoppers in the thrift store were buried in rubble; six people died. The incident brought into […]

It’s obvious why some people are seeking coverage under the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program: their physical impairments are significant and readily apparent to everyone. They show distinctive signs of incapacity so severe that it’s clearly impossible for them to work productively. But many other—perhaps most—impairments show no outward symptoms to casual inspection. Perhaps […]