A man who did housekeeping and other security duties at a Pennsylvania hospital was killed while working overnight after inhaling some type of anesthetic.

The accident occurred at the Advanced Surgical Hospital in North Franklin Township and the 29-year-old man was found in the morning hours and was pronounced dead at noon.

Tests are currently being done by the coroner in order to determine if the anesthetic was the cause of the death. The man worked part-time at the hospital for almost a year.

Workplace accidents can cause serious injury and change the lives of many. Our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.

An explosion at the Tacony Section injured three people and killed a PGW gas employee. The explosion occurred in the evening at the plant which is in the middle of Disston Street and Torresdale Avenue.

Fire crews came to the scene when the smell of gas was reported and when gas was seen bubbling through the pavement. Than an explosion erupted and after the fire was contained and a 19-year-old worker was found dead.

Three gas workers were transported to the hospital and one firefighter was also taken in for treatment. The explosion is still under investigation at this time.

Workplace accidents can injure anyone near and change the lives of many. Our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined Norampac Industries Inc. nearly $70,000 after the death of a worker that was killed at their Niagara, NY plant.

The accident occurred in May 2010, as the worker at the paper mill became trapped between a metal barrier and a large paper roll. OSHA found after an investigation that it was the company that had serious violations that caused the death of the man. The area where the metal barrier and paper roll intersected lacked proper guarding to protect the workers.

Workplace injuries can change the lives of many people, our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.

According to a fire marshal, flammable fumes from oil that remained in a storage tank is what was the cause for the well blast that killed two workers.

The explosion occurred at a well near Pittsburgh owned by Huntley & Huntley Inc. in late July. The well produced methane gas but used oil out of the ground in order to do so. The leaky tank where the oil was stored was emptied before welders were working near it but because it was hot day vapor began to fill the tank.

The welders were working to repair the tiny holes when a spark ignited the vapor. The tank than rocketed over 100-feet in the air. Officials from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating this fatal workplace accident.

Workplace accidents can cause serious injury and change the lives of many people, our condolences are with the friends and family of the victim.

A man from New York was injured in an industrial accident after a machine fell onto his hands. The accident occurred in Garden City on Long Island at an aerospace company.

The accident occurred in mid-June when the machine that the man was working on fell and crushed his hands before he had time to move them causing him to lose seven of his fingers in the accident.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be conducting a full investigation of the accident. A company spokesman said that there was an accident but did not give any further details.

Workplace accidents can cause serious injury and change the lives of everyone involved, our thoughts are with the victim in the accident.

An analysis shows that days missed because of serious injuries sustained in mines across the nation have spiked this decade.

According to an analysis of federal records, from 2001 to 2008 the average injury cost a worker an average of 48 missed days or restricted working days. This number is up 45 percent between the years of 1983 and 2000, when the average amount of days missed after mining injuries was 33. Some say that the number of days missed after a work injury, is a gauge of job safety that gets little attention.

If you or a loved one has been injured on the job, you need experience representation on your side. Contact the Pennsylvania workers compensation lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. to discuss your legal options by calling 610-667-7511.

An explosion at an unfinished power plant in Connecticut killed five people when the plant was testing its natural gas lines.

The incident occurred at Kleen Energy Systems plant in Middleton, which is about 20 miles from Hartford. Officials are calling the accident a gas explosion but the exact cause of the fire is still unknown.

Five plant workers were killed and at least another dozen were injured. Rescue crews spent the whole night looking for missing people because there were said to be over 50 people in the area when the explosion occurred.

If you or a family member has been injured in a workplace accident, contact the Pennsylvania workers compensation lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511.

A Pennsylvania building collapsed while construction workers worked next door to it, causing minor injury.

The four-story building partially collapsed during rush hour sending debris in the path of a bus. Four of the 10 people who were riding the transit bus were treated for injuries. The cause of the collapse is not immediately known but authorities are saying that the rest of the building will be torn down. Construction workers were working in a large hole next door building a parking garage.

If you or a loved one has been injured on the job, contact the Pennsylvania construction accident lawyers of Lownthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511.

A man was helping to demolish a church when he fell from a roof and died.

The 52-year-old man fell from a lift at the demolition site. The coroner said that his harness was not was not hooked to the machine properly. It is suspected that a piece of granted tipped the bucket. Another man also fell but was saved by his harness. Inspectors for OSHA are investigating the site.

If you or someone you love has been injured on the job, contact the Pennsylvania construction injuries lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 610-667-7511.