Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Widow for Fatal Accident

Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court upheld an award of benefits to a widow for her husband's fatal crush injuries from being pinned between a bridge and an aerial lift. Case: M.A. Beech Corp. v. WCAB (Mann), No. 45 C.D. 2017, 11/03/2017, unpublished. Facts: Tripat Mann worked for the M.A. Beech Corp. as a bridge inspector. In June 2013, he was the sole occupant of an aerial lift at a job site when he became pinned between the lift and the beam of an overpass. Witnesses saw Mann in the lift, slumped over the control panel, with a steel bridge beam across his shoulder and ne...