Johnstown, Pennsylvania area defense contractor DRS Laurel Technologies plans on laying off 50 more employees. The plant had 900 workers in May of 2008, and has laid off 80 full-time employees. Employees who suffered a work injury, are currently working with medical restrictions and are laid off may be entitled…
An employee of Hodges Trucking sustained a head injury while operating a heavy duty forklift at a Chesapeake Energy gas well site on October 12, 2010. The employee was positioning equipment during the assembly of a rig when the injury occurred. The employee was flown to Robert Packer Hospital in…
OSHA has cited Modern Painting and Decorating of Springdale, Pennsylvania due to a fatal work injury where an employee was electrocuted. OSHA cited the company for a willful violation of permitting employees to work close to energized electric power circuits, along with two serious violations of failing to provide adequate…
Harrisburg, PA, July 8, 2010: It is with excitement that we announce the opening of our new office for our Workers’ Compensation, and Social Security Disability services. Our new firm opened and recently began representing the injured and disabled in distinct, but related areas of law. Ronald Calhoon and his…
Diane Hovan, Paralegal at Calhoon and Kaminsky P.C., will be volunteering for Wills for Heroes, a nationwide program to provide free estate planning services to first responders, their spouses and significant others. Police officers, firefighters, paramedics and correction and probation officers are some of the first responders who can benefit…
On Monday, November 1, 2010, two RL Sensenig roofers were injured when they fell through the roof at the Hill School in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. As a result, one worker was pronounced dead and the other taken to a local hospital. The roofers were working on a power facility…
The Phillips Lighting plant in Danville, PA will be closing by February 4, 2011. The closing will affect 84 employees, most of whom are part of the United Steelworkers Union. Phillips Lighting’s main office is in Somerset, New Jersey, with 42 other U.S. manufacturing plants. Employees who suffered a work…
On Tuesday, January 4, 2011, a trench collapsed during work at the Linden Street Bridge in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, killing one construction worker and injuring another. The injured worker is in stable condition. A Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorney at Calhoon and Kaminsky P.C., can help determine if you are entitled…
It is extremely hazardous for emergency crews to respond to accidents, whether a work injury or not, on highways, such as Interstate 81 in Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania. Vehicles traveling along the highway are traveling 65 mph, and rarely slow down when they see the flashing lights. Rubber necking…
Workers’ compensation is a no-fault insurance program mandated by Pennsylvania law and financed by employers. Coverage provides compensation and medical benefits to employees who incur work-related injuries, illnesses, and diseases. Under the PA Workers’ Compensation Act, a work “injury” is defined as “any hurtful or damaging effect which may be suffered…
