When talking about worker safety, the focus is usually on the job site. For instance, with falls being a major cause of injury, people will focus on the use of ropes and harnesses on scaffolding, on the importance of choosing the right ladder and on the risks that...
Your Social Security Disability (SSD) claim was denied -- then, denied again. You filed for a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and waited months for your chance to plead your case. The last thing you want to do is to let a simple mistake ruin...
A certain amount of physical discomfort is natural when you work a physically demanding job. Whether you provide custodial and maintenance services for a local business or you work on the line at an industrial facility, your feet, arms and back may be sore by the end...
Hernias are painful and often debilitating injuries that people working in physical professions can suffer on the job. Not to be confused with a herniated disc that involves the cushions between the bones in your spine, a hernia involves an organ or fatty tissue and...
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...