Philly Area Workplace Fatalities

Employees in any industry deserve to work in safe work-spaces and under safe working conditions. When these rights are ignored by employers, and employees are repeatedly subjected to unsafe conditions, accidents and fatalities are likely to occur.

If your safety has been put in jeopardy at your place of work, contact the Pennsylvania workplace injury attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams today at 610-667-7511.

There are a number of different work-related dangers that employees frequently encounter. Most often, these hazards result from an employer / company’s desire to cut costs at the expense of their employee’s safety.

Some of the most common work-related dangers include:

• Dangerous workspaces (including exposure to chemicals, unsafe machinery, etc.)
• Failure to properly train employees for dangerous work
• Negligent hiring (unqualified employees)
• Unsafe (long) hours
• Failure to repair faulty products / machinery

If you have experienced any of the above dangerous situations in your place of work, it is important to contact a legal professional as quickly as possible so that careless and negligent employers can be brought to justice for their thoughtless behavior.

The Pennsylvania workplace injury lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams will fight against individuals and companies that put the health and safety of their employees at risk in order to save a little money.

Workplace injuries and fatalities are a growing problem across the United States as companies do all they can to cut costs. Unfortunately, more and more companies are cutting costs at the expense of their employee’s safety.

In the greater Philadelphia area, there were a total of 89 work-related fatalities in 2006 alone, a notable increase from the previous year’s total. These deaths cannot go unnoticed or unpunished. If you or someone you know has been injured or killed because of a work-related accident, contact the Pennsylvania workplace accident lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams today at 610-667-7511 to discuss your legal rights and options.

According to a recent study, patients may be in the perfect position to identify deficiencies in medical service quality. Patients become more likely to report these deficiencies as medical errors or adverse events occur. While this may seem to give these patients a bias, it also shows the incidence of medical errors or lapses in the quality of service.

If a patient experiences something like poor quality of care or unprofessional behavior, it more than doubles the likelihood that evidence of an adverse event, close call, or low risk error will be found in the patient’s chart. In the study, 228 patients were interviewed during and after their admission. They were asked to identify deficiencies in service quality such as lack of respect for patient needs and preferences, excessive waits or delays, poor communication, environmental issues and amenities, poor coordination of care, and unprofessional behavior.

In reviewing the charts of these patients, 52 incidents were found. Of these, the patients reported 34 adverse events, 11 close calls, and 7 low risk errors. The patients reported every one of the incidents that were confirmed in the charts. It was also found that deficiencies involving poor coordination of care quadrupled the chance of other adverse events and medical errors.

Through this study, one can find that if a patient has complaints, it may be a clue that he or she experienced some deficiency in the quality of service. Listening to these patients and addressing their concerns can be a good way to stop poor performance in the hospital.