Workers’ Compensation

When you chose a career, you may have purposefully avoided high-risk fields like construction or working on an oil rig. While workplace accidents are much more common in specific industries, seemingly tamer jobs can also cause life-changing injuries. Carpal tunnel...

Suffering a work-related injury is never easy and is even more difficult when the injury is severe. Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation program helps injured employees face the medical and financial hardships that often arise after an injury. However, you have a part...

When people think of the cost of getting injured on the job, they often think about medical bills. Say you fall from a ladder. You need emergency crews to come with an ambulance and take you to the ER. There, they determine that you have a spinal cord injury and you...

After you got injured on the job, you were offered a lump-sum settlement. You know that you don’t have to take it, but it’s tempting. You need money, after all, and you’d rather just get this finished. Should you take it? Every situation is different. A lump sum may...

The moment that you find out that your spouse or someone you love has been killed in a work accident, you feel devastated. Not only have you lost someone important to you, but you now have to handle your home on a single income and try to put your life back together...

According to OSHA, 34% of all construction fall deaths are attributed to workers who fell from roofs. Ideally, employers in Pennsylvania and throughout the country will implement roof safety systems that can eliminate or minimize the risk of a fall or other types of...

After a job-related accident, workers' compensation can be of significant benefit. However, it can also be very complicated. It can be difficult to find simple, straightforward answers to your questions about work comp because so many online resources target employers...

Workers' compensation insurance goes a long way in relieving the stress of injured employees in Pennsylvania. However, workers’ compensation also prevents employers from having to pay injured workers out of their own pockets. This makes it mutually beneficial in many...

When you were leaving work, you noticed that the ground was slick. You let your employer know, and they told you to be cautious until they could get the area cleaned up. The next day, you came in again and noticed that the floor still wasn’t cleaned. You asked about...

You were working with your team when one of them made a devastating error. An item being lifted over your heads came loose, and it came crashing down so fast that you couldn’t get out of the way. You and two other colleagues ended up with serious injuries including...