The relationship between you and your doctor is important, particularly when you’re injured and that injury affects your ability to work. Unfortunately, the workers’ compensation system in Pennsylvania gives employers the right to pick their injured workers’ treating...
Consider different payment arrangements for workers’ compensation
If you get hurt on the job, you may want to seek out workers’ compensation. One thing that many people don’t realize about workers’ compensation is that you may be able to seek a lump-sum payout instead of accepting weekly benefits. Lump-sum benefits work well for...
Here’s how your boss puts you in danger
In an ideal situation, your boss would be just as worried about keeping you safe as you are. They would never do anything to put you at risk, and you would always feel like the two of you were working together to avoid injuries. Nothing, not even production numbers,...
Not all workplace injuries and fatalities happen at the job site
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...
Heading to your Social Security Disability Hearing? Read this first
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...
Why you shouldn’t ignore the pain in your joints while you work
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...
What happens when you suffer a hernia on the job?
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...
Carpal tunnel syndrome can affect your whole life
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...
Always follow your doctor’s instructions after a work injury
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...
How do you pay the bills if you get hurt at work?
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...
