Kinder Morgan petitions for review of an adjudication of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Board) granting benefits to William Flanagan . In doing so, the Board affirmed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Judge (WCJ) that Claimant's stroke was triggered by the physical exertion of cleaning up a chemical spill at work and, thus, work-related. Employer argues that the Board erred in awarding benefits because Claimant did not give it timely notice that the stroke was work-related.
Claimant filed a claim petition on October 4, 2008, alleging that he suffered a stroke caused by over-exertion while in the course of his job with Employer. Employer filed a timely answer denying the allegations and contending that Claimant did not advise Employer that his stroke was work-related within days of the work injury, as required by Section 311 of the Workers' Compensation Act , 77 P.S. 631.1 The matter was assigned to a WCJ.
Claimant testified before the WCJ that he worked as an Assistant Terminal Manager at Employer's facility, which handles transfers of chemicals transported by ship. On October 4, 2008, Claimant inspected a disabled crane at the facility, getting down on his hands and knees to take pictures of a damaged hydraulic hose and fitting. Then, after walking up a 750 foot catwalk, he noticed a spill of the chemical known as urea. Claimant began cleaning up the spill by shoveling the urea onto two belts, a process Claimant described as akin to breaking ice on a driveway. As Claimant was pushing and shoveling the urea he felt a strange sensation in his face and became dizzy. By the time he returned to his office, approximately 30 minutes later, he was sweating and still dizzy. Claimant's secretary called 911, and he was taken to the hospital. There it was determined that he had suffered a stroke, and he was hospitalized for several weeks.
Because of his stroke, Claimant had difficulty communicating verbally with doctors and other staff. He communicated mainly by nodding or shaking his head. Claimant's direct supervisor, James Shine, visited him in the hospital. Claimant testified that when Shine asked Claimant what happened, he told Shine that he was shoveling urea when "something happened" and he suddenly had a "weird feeling." Reproduced Record at 16a .
Claimant testified that he continues to suffer the effects of his stroke, including a dropped right foot, which renders him unable to perform his previous job. Claimant stated that he broke his right arm when he fell in his daughter's back yard after his right foot failed him.
2011年12月12日星期一
2011年11月8日星期二
Newton Mayor Setti Warren prioritizes Angier
Following through on a campaign promise, Mayor Setti Warren was scheduled Monday night to present the Board of Aldermen with a 5-year Capital Improvement Plan – which incorporates an in-depth 5-year financial forecast, and one that puts the Angier and Carr schools and Fire Station 3 at the top of the list.
Using a financial forecast and a live database, Warren said city officials spent the last several months assessing all of Newton’s infrastructure needs to come to their conclusions.
In a special meeting with the Newton TAB on Nov. 4, Warren said officials planned to explain their findings at the aldermen meeting on Nov. 7 – after the TAB’s deadline.
“This will allow the city to make investments in areas like maintenance, that will save the city millions of dollars over the course of years and not let our infrastructure go into disrepair,” Warren said.
The city signed a contract with Kleinfelder SEA, a Cambridge-based capital facilities company, in July.
Since then, Chief Operating Officer Robert Rooney said officials have been combing through every component of every building and roadway, using the database to rate the risk and failure of every capital project.
Rooney said a steering committee, composed of officials, department heads and a citizen representative, evaluated each department’s capital priorities. He said health and safety played a big role in evaluations.
“We found urgent things that need to be fixed right away -- that’s huge. Those urgent things are all about health and safety. At Gath Pool – the electrical system is old and the components of the switches and everything are not in the best shape, and it’s in the same location where they do some of the chemical handling,” Rooney said. “This identified as a need to really fix it now before someone gets hurt. That is really what’s driving some of our needs, even in [fiscal year] 2012.”
He said the city identified some older capital needs and found ways to actually save money, like upgrading pipes to keep from investing in a new hydraulic system.
Rooney said they also identified a need for increased funding for internet technology [IT].
“IT has no network backbone for connecting all buildings. Right now everyone operates on their own. We’re looking into hiring a [Chief Information Officer]. If you don’t have a strong backbone network, you’re not going anywhere,” Rooney said.
He said the committee considered the impact, necessity, savings, paybacks and department vision for each capital request to rate 376 projects – which total $240 million.
He said the database is always changing, and can help guide department heads.
“The biggest thing about this whole budget is now we have an asset database, [we can] see what the ratings are and flag the things that need to be improved. It’ll help us going forward. It redesigns how we manage funds on a monthly basis,” Rooney said, adding that the database will show how projects are progressing.
Residents will be able to view the database as well, Rooney said.
Among the list of priorities, Warren said the city needs to invest in either a renovation or a replacement for the 90-year-old Angier School in Waban.
While the city intends to work with the Massachusetts School Building Administration to determine funding, officials estimate the project will carry a $30 million price tag.
Warren said the city also needs to renovate or replace Fire Station 3 in Newton Centre – estimated at $5.7 million.
“We know, in order to complete both of those projects, they go beyond the money we had dedicated in our operating budget,” Warren said.
Needs for the Carr School, which has poor plumbing and needs immediate repair, include design, construction and sprinkler costs. The project is estimated to run about $5.2 million. Carr would be used to hold students while other schools are undergoing renovation.
Other projects, like a new main entrance for the Bigelow School, a storm drain repair at Webster and Crescent streets and additional classrooms and cafeteria space at the Day School are also high on the to-do list.
Warren said the city is exploring ways to fund the improvements.
“There are alternative funding sources that will certainly be examined, like a debt exclusion override. There’s been some discussion of bringing on additional revenue for pay as you throw, and we’ll monitor the economic growth and economic development within the next year and see where we are,” Warren said. “I look forward to having those discussions with the board.”
Chief Financial Officer Maureen Lemiuex said the city is working with the board on the Chestnut Hill Square project – which is projected to generate $1.3 million a year in new property taxes, and said collective bargaining agreements will save the city millions of dollars.
Warren said he will assemble a working group, comprising a project manager, community members, aldermen and school committee members, to set a timeline in place, work with the state and produce quarterly updates to the public.
He hopes to present the community with a firm project proposal by this time next year.
“We want to make sure residents understand how we prioritize these projects, understand our database and how we came to the conclusions we did,” Warren said. “We’re going to spend a tremendous amount of work getting resident input, and we’ll go back out, myself and the team, in January to do two sessions for the public.”
Using a financial forecast and a live database, Warren said city officials spent the last several months assessing all of Newton’s infrastructure needs to come to their conclusions.
In a special meeting with the Newton TAB on Nov. 4, Warren said officials planned to explain their findings at the aldermen meeting on Nov. 7 – after the TAB’s deadline.
“This will allow the city to make investments in areas like maintenance, that will save the city millions of dollars over the course of years and not let our infrastructure go into disrepair,” Warren said.
The city signed a contract with Kleinfelder SEA, a Cambridge-based capital facilities company, in July.
Since then, Chief Operating Officer Robert Rooney said officials have been combing through every component of every building and roadway, using the database to rate the risk and failure of every capital project.
Rooney said a steering committee, composed of officials, department heads and a citizen representative, evaluated each department’s capital priorities. He said health and safety played a big role in evaluations.
“We found urgent things that need to be fixed right away -- that’s huge. Those urgent things are all about health and safety. At Gath Pool – the electrical system is old and the components of the switches and everything are not in the best shape, and it’s in the same location where they do some of the chemical handling,” Rooney said. “This identified as a need to really fix it now before someone gets hurt. That is really what’s driving some of our needs, even in [fiscal year] 2012.”
He said the city identified some older capital needs and found ways to actually save money, like upgrading pipes to keep from investing in a new hydraulic system.
Rooney said they also identified a need for increased funding for internet technology [IT].
“IT has no network backbone for connecting all buildings. Right now everyone operates on their own. We’re looking into hiring a [Chief Information Officer]. If you don’t have a strong backbone network, you’re not going anywhere,” Rooney said.
He said the committee considered the impact, necessity, savings, paybacks and department vision for each capital request to rate 376 projects – which total $240 million.
He said the database is always changing, and can help guide department heads.
“The biggest thing about this whole budget is now we have an asset database, [we can] see what the ratings are and flag the things that need to be improved. It’ll help us going forward. It redesigns how we manage funds on a monthly basis,” Rooney said, adding that the database will show how projects are progressing.
Residents will be able to view the database as well, Rooney said.
Among the list of priorities, Warren said the city needs to invest in either a renovation or a replacement for the 90-year-old Angier School in Waban.
While the city intends to work with the Massachusetts School Building Administration to determine funding, officials estimate the project will carry a $30 million price tag.
Warren said the city also needs to renovate or replace Fire Station 3 in Newton Centre – estimated at $5.7 million.
“We know, in order to complete both of those projects, they go beyond the money we had dedicated in our operating budget,” Warren said.
Needs for the Carr School, which has poor plumbing and needs immediate repair, include design, construction and sprinkler costs. The project is estimated to run about $5.2 million. Carr would be used to hold students while other schools are undergoing renovation.
Other projects, like a new main entrance for the Bigelow School, a storm drain repair at Webster and Crescent streets and additional classrooms and cafeteria space at the Day School are also high on the to-do list.
Warren said the city is exploring ways to fund the improvements.
“There are alternative funding sources that will certainly be examined, like a debt exclusion override. There’s been some discussion of bringing on additional revenue for pay as you throw, and we’ll monitor the economic growth and economic development within the next year and see where we are,” Warren said. “I look forward to having those discussions with the board.”
Chief Financial Officer Maureen Lemiuex said the city is working with the board on the Chestnut Hill Square project – which is projected to generate $1.3 million a year in new property taxes, and said collective bargaining agreements will save the city millions of dollars.
Warren said he will assemble a working group, comprising a project manager, community members, aldermen and school committee members, to set a timeline in place, work with the state and produce quarterly updates to the public.
He hopes to present the community with a firm project proposal by this time next year.
“We want to make sure residents understand how we prioritize these projects, understand our database and how we came to the conclusions we did,” Warren said. “We’re going to spend a tremendous amount of work getting resident input, and we’ll go back out, myself and the team, in January to do two sessions for the public.”
2011年4月13日星期三
Dharne & Co. redesigns Ecommerce website for Three Day Tool Service
Dharne & Co. is pleased to announce the launch of a new and improved Ecommerce website for Three Day Tool Service, Inc.
Three Day Tool Service is a reputed industrial tools and equipment dealer and repair firm. The firm specializes in providing semi-trailer- truck body tooling, grinding tools, riveting and hydraulic tools, air tool parts with hose fittings, accessories and supplies. The firm wanted a website that was easy to navigate for visitors and easy to manage for the site administrator. Three Day Tool Service offers a wide range of tools across several product categories. A new website was needed to display the tools in an effective manner according to the different product domains.
Dharne & Co designed an improved version of the website with each product vertical having a separate domain and path. The home page serves as a common interface for the different product domains accessible by way of the menu bar at the top of the page. The new website considerably improves the user experience making it easy to shop for the various products. Customers can now shop across the different product domains without having to manually enter the details every time a new order is to be made.
The website is built using a robust Ecommerce platform, the Zen Cart. The shopping cart comes with several features enabling prospective buyers to shop easily in a minimum number of steps. The site administrator can add products and categories without requiring much technical know-how. The website provides for a secure mode of payment using offline credit card processing facility. Dharne & Co also configured a shipping calculator into the website to provide an estimate of the shipping costs and enable quicker order processing.
The website layout was designed using an attractive theme and different color schemes for each product domain. A revolving Flash banner provides first time visitors with an eye-view of the product range according to different categories. The website has been custom designed from start to end to provide a convenient shopping experience for customers.
About Dharne & Co: Dharne & Co. is a professional website design firm based near Irvine, Orange County, California that offers website design service to clients across several industry verticals. The company has a proven record of delivering expert website design and development solutions to businesses in the Greater Los Angeles Area with clients across LA, Long Beach, Anaheim, Santa Ana, San Bernardino and Riverside.
Three Day Tool Service is a reputed industrial tools and equipment dealer and repair firm. The firm specializes in providing semi-trailer- truck body tooling, grinding tools, riveting and hydraulic tools, air tool parts with hose fittings, accessories and supplies. The firm wanted a website that was easy to navigate for visitors and easy to manage for the site administrator. Three Day Tool Service offers a wide range of tools across several product categories. A new website was needed to display the tools in an effective manner according to the different product domains.
Dharne & Co designed an improved version of the website with each product vertical having a separate domain and path. The home page serves as a common interface for the different product domains accessible by way of the menu bar at the top of the page. The new website considerably improves the user experience making it easy to shop for the various products. Customers can now shop across the different product domains without having to manually enter the details every time a new order is to be made.
The website is built using a robust Ecommerce platform, the Zen Cart. The shopping cart comes with several features enabling prospective buyers to shop easily in a minimum number of steps. The site administrator can add products and categories without requiring much technical know-how. The website provides for a secure mode of payment using offline credit card processing facility. Dharne & Co also configured a shipping calculator into the website to provide an estimate of the shipping costs and enable quicker order processing.
The website layout was designed using an attractive theme and different color schemes for each product domain. A revolving Flash banner provides first time visitors with an eye-view of the product range according to different categories. The website has been custom designed from start to end to provide a convenient shopping experience for customers.
About Dharne & Co: Dharne & Co. is a professional website design firm based near Irvine, Orange County, California that offers website design service to clients across several industry verticals. The company has a proven record of delivering expert website design and development solutions to businesses in the Greater Los Angeles Area with clients across LA, Long Beach, Anaheim, Santa Ana, San Bernardino and Riverside.
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