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On January 5, a driver apparently lost control of his car on Route 9 in NJ and hit a fire hydrant and a utility pole. He then crashed into Gregory’s Bar & Restaurant at the Jersey Shore, which had about 100 patrons at the time. According to an article on Philly.com, a passenger was killed and two people were seriously injured. The article did not say if the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs [...]

A high-speed car crash in Franklin County claimed the lives of four Pennsylvania residents and left a fifth person injured, according to a recent article on PennLive.com. The driver of the car lost control after passing another vehicle, and the car careened through several front yards before crashing into a fire hydrant, a tree, and the front porch of a house. At the time, the car was carrying three young men and [...]

Fox 43 News reports that a 59-year-old construction worker lost his life recently when he was struck by a piece of heavy equipment. He and his coworkers were working on the construction of the Holtwood Dam in Lancaster County. When the accident occurred, the workers were trying to move an equipment loader that had gotten stuck on a steep hill. They brought in other pieces of heavy equipment and one of these fatall [...]

On November 9, a man working outside a New York high-rise building was injured after being struck by an HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) unit that fell 15 stories from an apartment building on Park Avenue, reports NJ.com. In 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were 349 worker fatalities in which the worker was struck by a falling object or falling equipment. Unfortunately, injurie [...]

On November 22, a Philadelphia judge sentenced Nicholas Hasselback of Ephrata, PA, to 3 to 6 years in prison for a hit-and-run car crash that critically injured Tony Foltz, a Temple University student. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, immediately after the Pennsylvania car accident, Hasselback swept up broken glass from his vehicle and drove away. In Pennsylvania, the law states that the driver of a vehicl [...]

NJ.com reports that a construction worker was killed after being trapped under a milling machine on the New Jersey turnpike on November 9. The accident happened around midnight. The construction worker was setting the depth on the “rolling grinder” machine when the operator of the apparatus noticed he had been trapped. In 2009, there were a reported 224 fatal construction work injuries, the most of any indu [...]

On November 5, a Columbia Gas worker was struck by a car and killed while working in York, PA. According to The York Daily Record, there have been several similar Pennsylvania car accidents in this region in the past eight years. In 2008 in the United States, about 5071 fatal work injuries were reported. Two-fifths of those incidents were transportation accidents. Of the 2053 transportation fatalities, 322 involv [...]

New Jersey Department of Public Works employee Jay Artale was injured while repairing a water main in Fairfield, NJ on October 29. An article on NJ.com reports that he sprained his neck and back and suffered bruises on his legs and arms when the walls of a hole caved in on him. A co-worker was also injured. Construction sites are often associated with a higher amount of vulnerability as opposed to the environment [...]

A New Jersey family is part of a class action lawsuit against Kiddie Kollage daycare. An article on Philly.com states that after attending the daycare, their children have shown health problems as well as behavioral problems that may be linked to high levels of mercury vapors. Mercury vapors can cause many serious health issues including brain, CNS, and kidney ailments. Parents who are looking at daycare centers f [...]

Two sisters from Perryopolis were riding in a compact car on Route 119 in Westmoreland County recently when their car collided with a dump truck, according to a recent news story released by WTAE Channel 4 Action News. Although both were wearing seat belts, the sisters did not survive the Pennsylvania car accident. According to police, poor visibility may have played a role in the accident. The dump truck driver s [...]