Earlier this month, several people suffered burn injures in a plant explosion in Penn Township, Pennsylvania.

According to Penn Township fire officials, the accident involved a liquid salt explosion.  The plant at which the accident occurred is located on Industrial Drive and manufactures machine and tool products.

3 workers at the plant suffered serious burn injuries and were flown in medical helicopters to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s regional burn unit.  Emergency crews transported the other injured workers to nearby hospitals for treatment.

If you or someone you love has been injured on the job and is seeking short-term disability, contact the Philadelphia short-term disability lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 to speak with one of our experienced and compassionate workers’ compensation attorneys.

In accordance with the 2008 Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued new regulations concerning what constitutes certain disabilities.  The ADA Amendments Act was enacted on September 25, 2008 but did not go into effect until January 1, 2009.

The regulations keep the ADA’s original definition of a disability as “a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.”  However, other regulations work to make it easier for workers to determine if they qualify for “regarded as” disability.  These changes make the law focus on how a person was treated, as opposed to an employer’s impression of a employee’s disability.

To discuss filing for short-term disability benefits with an experienced workers’ compensation attorney, contact the Philadelphia short-term disability lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 today.

Last week, six workers at the EME Homer City Generation power plant were injured after a steam pipe burst and shut down the facility.  A little before 8 A.M. last Thursday, a six-inch steam pipe ruptured causing an explosion of steam.  The plant’s automatic safety system shut the unit down and the company’s 255 employees were evacuated as quickly as possible.

The power plant generates around 1,884-megawatts of coal-fired power and has the largest smoke stack in the country.  Three generating units at the plant work to burn coal, which then heats water and makes steam, which turns a turbine to produce electricity.

Three of the injured workers were taken in a helicopter to West Penn Hospital and treated at the hospital’s burn unit.  The other three suffered unspecified injuries and were taken to Indianna Regional Medical Center.

Contact the Philadelphia short-term disability attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. at 215-238-1130 today, if you or someone you love has suffered temporary disability from a workplace accident and has questions about filing for workers’ compensation benefits.