Workers' compensation is supposed to be the safety net that makes sure Pennsylvania workers and their families are protected from the disastrous effects of workplace accidents. When someone is injured on the job, they and their loved ones need the confidence that...
There's a term used in the medical profession for actions that are just not supposed to happen. They're called "never events." Counted on a government list of 25 such events are things like operating on the wrong site, transplanting an incompatible organ, transfusing...
When disaster strikes in a work environment, the dangers to employees are immense. If the work place involves heavy industry, hazardous materials can pose a threat not just to the workers at the site, but the emergency crews that respond to the catastrophe. Anyone who...
Everyone has likely seen those big truck-mounted cranes. They make their way around Bucks County and other communities, being put to use as needed on all sorts of projects. Sometimes they help put things up. Sometimes they help bring things down. Sometimes things go...
Every job has its risks. Even a person working at a computer terminal doing some incidental word processing can become the victim of an accident that results in serious workplace injury. But as any experienced workers' compensation attorney can tell you, there are...
There is more to getting compensation when a worker is injured on the job than just filing the claim. The workers' compensation system in Pennsylvania is in place by law, but that doesn't mean it runs on automatic pilot. There are many players and many facets to...
An upcoming seminar offered by the National Business Institute at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, reminds practitioners and claimants alike of the complexities that can arise in filing workers' compensation claims. Seminar topics will...
It seems to be a part of our American culture to brush off pain and injury. The mentality that is ingrained in us to work through the pain and "shake it off" is part of the competitive spirit that we cherish so much in Pennsylvania and elsewhere around the country....
One of the most common complaints heard from business people in Bucks County and the rest of the country is that the costs of required insurance coverage such as workers' compensation are out of control. Medical costs are out of control. Fraudulent workers'...
When the issue of workers' compensation comes up, the mind likely flashes to an image of an accident occurring in a warehouse, industrial or office environment. Anecdotal evidence and personal experience would seem to dictate that those are the places where most...