Workplace Injuries
Preventing Slip and Fall Injuries in the Workplace
Slip and fall accidents are a leading cause of worker injuries in the United States. These accidents can result in serious and debilitating injuries, including broken bones, sprains, lacerations and head injuries. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, falls,...
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What Are the Most Common Workers’ Compensation Claims?
Though the total number of workers comp claims in Pennsylvania declined by over 16,000 in 2020 compared to 2019, the return to work after the pandemic has seen claim numbers on the rise once again. Accidents in the workplace tend...
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Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Laws
If you are an employee in the State of Pennsylvania, you are protected by a system known as the workers’ compensation program. This program requires most employers to carry insurance to pay for lost wages, medical care and death benefits...
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How to Prevent Slip and Fall Accidents
Falls are a leading cause of injuries and deaths – responsible for eight million emergency room visits per year, according to the National Floor Safety Institute. Slip and falls specifically send around one million people to the hospital annually. Although...
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Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Statute of Limitations
If you suffer an injury or illness at work in Pennsylvania, you can file a workers’ compensation claim to pursue financial benefits if you are a qualifying worker. This type of claim does not require you to prove that someone...
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Statute of Limitations for a Workers’ Compensation Claim
If you get injured at work, you may be eligible for financial relief through Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system. This is a no-fault system, meaning you do not have to prove that your employer or a coworker caused your accident. You...
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Shippingport power plant accident kills 2, injures 4
An early morning explosion at the Bruce Mansfield Power Plant in Beaver County filled an underground pit with sludge killing two contractors. Four others were injured. The two contractors who were killed worked for Enerfab Corp. It is reported that...
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Is your workplace too loud?
Workplace injuries aren't limited to painful neck or back injuries or carpal tunnel syndrome. There are injuries that can accumulate over time and be invisible to the naked eye. One of these is hearing loss. According to the Occupational Safety...
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Amputation leads to fines at chicken processing plant
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) isn't playing chicken with fines for willful safety violations on the job. When a worker at Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corp. in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, lost a thumb while operating a mixer, OSHA decided to...
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Workers may suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome
There are many types of injuries that can occur while a person is working. We can likely list dozens of different ways that a person doing manual labor can get injured, but what about people who do clerical work or...
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OSHA to make workplace injury records public
Beginning July 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the United States Department of Labor will require employers to provide information about injuries and illnesses that their workers have suffered on the job. Employers will have to provide...
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Is your office a minefield of hidden dangers?
It's not hard to imagine how construction workers or others engaged in heavy industrial work could get injured on the job. Falls from a height, malfunctioning heavy machinery, chemical spills or fires can be serious dangers at such job sites,...
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