Workers’ Compensation

Despite the winter weather, construction projects routinely move forward in Allegheny County as well as throughout the rest of the state of Pennsylvania. Because there are construction projects year round, there are also reports about workers being injured while at...

Residents of the Pittsburgh area rely upon health care providers to assist them when they become ill or are injured. What patients visiting area hospitals may not be aware of is that in many situations, while providing that care those...

Whether we want to think about it or not, death is a part of life. It is likely that most Butler County residents hope for a long life and a peaceful natural death. Unfortunately, as regular readers of this blog...

Most residents of the state of Pennsylvania have to work to get by. Without a regular paycheck, lives would fall apart, leaving individuals without places to live or vehicles to drive. Because it is necessary for so many to put...

Readers of this blog are probably aware that workplace injuries are an unfortunate, all too common occurrence throughout the nation. While many of those instances are a result of things such as repetitive stress, at times the injury producing accident...

Each day individuals throughout the state of Pennsylvania go to their job. It is fair to say that none of those individuals wants to work at location where his or her wellbeing will be put in jeopardy. While a steady...

Security guards play an important role at locations such as nightclubs and sports complexes throughout the nation. They are there to keep patrons safe from anything that could pose a risk to their safety while they are visitors to the...

Most workers throughout the country would agree that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration plays an important role in today's society. The federal agency is charged with keeping workers in Pennsylvania and other states safe at work. Workers should be...

When most people think about health care settings it is in the context of patients receiving care to improve a medical condition. Accordingly, much of the emphasis in these types of settings is in regard to patient safety. What people...

Most would agree that even one work related death is one too many. Unfortunately they do regularly occur in Western Pennsylvania and beyond. Recently a man who was working at a wood products shop in Pinecreek Township was involved in...

There are many ways in which workers throughout the nation might find themselves injured while at work. While the injuries incurred are often due to equipment that is necessary to the completion of one's job, at times they can be...

Most employers in the state of Pennsylvania are required to carry workers' compensation insurance to provide benefits to their employees should they suffer an injury or become ill due to something at their job. For an employee to obtain these...