Workers’ Compensation

Construction sites in the Pittsburgh area are clearly hazardous places to work. In addition to ever changing physical surroundings workers must often work around, and with, large pieces of construction equipment. While these pieces of heavy equipment are vital for...

While it is possible for any worker in any occupation to be injured while doing his or her job, most would agree that industrial sites can be particularly dangerous. Recently an incident, that could have potentially led to serious work...

It is fair to say that no one in the Pittsburgh area has forgotten the shooting that took place at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, in March of last year. During that incident, a man, who was deemed to be...

Another Pennsylvania business has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for matters related to safety standards it maintains in connection with the use of certain chemicals that have been determined to be dangerous. The business, QG LLC...

Pennsylvania workers should be covered under workers' compensation insurance for medical coverage and lost wage replacement in the event that an accident renders them injured on the job. However, it is obviously the ideal situation that the worker avoids injury...

Industrial workplaces are among some of the most dangerous jobsites across the country. An industrial worker in neighboring New Jersey knows the perils of this line of work all too well. The 30-year-old was on the job at a metal...

Injury producing accidents occur throughout the Pittsburgh area regularly. While they happen in a variety of settings, some of the most serious take place in industrial settings. This past weekend one such incident occurred at the Edgar Thomson Plant.Though it...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that uniform rental company, Cintas Corporation, has received the respected Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star certification. Cintas' facility in Ashton, Pennsylvania received the prestigious recognition for the "practice of and commitment to"...

Investigations of the safety precautions taken by businesses may be conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for many different reasons. Sometimes they are the result of a complaint that has been filed by someone at the location. Other...

In Pennsylvania, as is the case in other states throughout the nation, workers' compensation benefits are not a foregone conclusion after one is injured in a work accident. To obtain them, a workers' compensation claim must be filed and approved...

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, it's time for the annual "end of year" lists to be made. While these lists often focus on the year's "bests" some lists take a different approach. The Occupational Safety and Health...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced that falls accounted for the most workplace violations in the fiscal year 2012. Also in the top 10 were scaffolding violations. Earlier this month an incident involving two men cleaning a Pennsylvania...