Workers’ Compensation

Sadly it is not uncommon for workers to be injured at work. This is true in Pennsylvania and throughout the country. Sometimes the injuries sustained in an accident are so severe that they result in the death of the employee.An...

It is a sad reality that everyday workers are injured on the job. This is true regardless of the profession, throughout the country. A public works supervisor for the city of Pittsburgh knows this all too well. The man, who...

A coatings and specialty products and services company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was recently fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for safety violations uncovered at a facility in Cleveland, Ohio. The September 26 inspection of the PPG Industries...

A road-construction worker was killed earlier this month while working at a construction zone located around 1900 Willow Street in West Lampeter Township. The street was torn up so that new water lines could be installed in the area and...

A Pennsylvania highway construction worker who was left a quadriplegic after being injured at work recently reached what is considered to be one of the largest workers' compensation settlements in the country. At the time of the accident the man...

While we all like to think we are safe while at work, this is not always the case. Earlier this month we wrote about two on the job accidents that resulted in death. Another work related death has occurred in...

A safe working environment is something that employees throughout Pennsylvania have come to expect. As a result of this being important to residents throughout the county, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducts inspections of businesses nationwide. The...

While it is possible to sustain an injury in any profession, those occurring in the construction industry are often the worst. This is due to the work itself as well as the heavy equipment that is often involved.Earlier this week...

Workplace safety is taken seriously throughout the country. This is illustrated by the potential penalties that Lowe's Companies Inc. is facing for health and safety violations recently found in three Pennsylvania stores. The violations were uncovered during OSHA's Site-Specific Targeting...

Businesses throughout the state of Pennsylvania are required to carry workers' compensation insurance policies to cover the costs that may incur should an employee be injured while working. These policies enable employees who have been injured while at work to...

After being struck by a stack of winches weighing more two and a half tons, a Texas oil rig "roughneck," as they are commonly referred to as, filed a workers' compensation lawsuit against the Energy Drilling Company, claiming he was...

A police officer who was injured on the job and received workers' compensation benefits will recover UIM benefits from his employer's insurer after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the appellate court's ruling to the contrary. The high court ruling was...