Workers’ Compensation

As any regular reader of this blog is aware, work accidents occur on a regular basis throughout the country. When a work related injury does occur, it is not uncommon for the Occupational Safety & Health Administration to conduct an...

While workers are injured on a regular basis throughout the state of Pennsylvania, the ones most commonly heard about are those concerning construction sites. Last month a worker was injured on the site of a parking garage renovation. The ramp...

Workplace safety is important to many employers throughout Pennsylvania. Nonetheless, accidents resulting in injuries of varying severity do occur. Some accidents involve motor vehicles, others slipping and falling. Another all too common type of accident occurs when objects fall on...

There is no question that deaths occur on a regular basis throughout Pittsburgh. While many are due to natural causes, sometimes they happen because of accidents. When those accidents are caused by another person's negligence, the death may lead to a civil...

Now that spring has arrived in the Pittsburgh area, road crews are out in full force doing work that is difficult to do when the landscape is blanketed in snow and ice. With the increase in road workers out and...

In many of our previous posts we have mentioned the important role the Occupational Safety and Health Administration plays in workplace safety throughout the country including the state of Pennsylvania. Through the creation and enforcement of federal regulations, the agency...

In previous posts we have written about numerous Pennsylvania workers who were hurt while working. As those posts have illustrated, throughout the state injured workers may be able to obtain workers' compensation benefits after being injured in a work accident....

Long after the initial shock of an injury inducing work accident disappears, the healing and rehabilitation continues for the injured worker. An Erie police officer who was injured while working, one evening, last December knows this all too well. The...

Natural gas drilling is prevalent in the state of Pennsylvania. Accordingly, it is an industry in which many people have found employment. The work can be dangerous however. The risk of being injured while working in the industry is illustrated...

While none of us like to think about it, fatal accidents occur every day. They happen in a variety of locations including workplaces. An industrial work accident last month resulted in the death of a Pennsylvania man who worked in...

An employee can be injured at work regardless of the person's job. While many may not think about it, even a person who sits at a desk and works on a computer all day could sustain an injury in a...

Everyday people go to work to make the money needed to pay for the things they need to get by. While some jobs are more dangerous than others, it is likely that few spend much time contemplating matters related to...