When work machinery or equipment contains a hazardous or unsafe condition or is defective it can lead to catastrophic injuries that change lives forever. Virtually any type of production or processing machinery that contain moving and/or rotating parts, pinch points and in-running pinch points are just some examples of dangerous machinery many Pennsylvania workers use[…]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines an “aerial lift” as any vehicle-mounted device that is used to elevate personnel, such as an extendable boom platform, aerial ladder, articulated (jointed) boom platform, vertical tower or any combination of the devices. According to the agency, aerial lifts have by and large replaced ladders and scaffolding[…]

Over the past six years, hundreds of women have filed lawsuits against Uber saying that the rideshare company failed to adequately protect them. In a recent landmark legal decision, a panel of judges decided that about 80 of these cases could be consolidated into one to be heard by a federal court judge. It has[…]

According to the results of a new study spanning the last three flu seasons, health experts are officially backing the high-dose flu vaccine for individuals over the age of 65. The high-dose vaccine contains four times as many antigens as standard-dose vaccines do, and offers more comprehensive protection, lowering the severity of potential complications in[…]

RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, causes infections of the lungs and/or respiratory tract. The virus is quite a prevalent one; for example, the Mayo Clinic reports that most children have been infected with the virus by the time they are two. Children are not the only ones who can get sick with RSV – adults[…]