Workers’ Compensation

Most employers in the state of Pennsylvania are required to purchase workers' compensation policies. These policies provide benefits to some workers who are hurt while completing tasks associated with their jobs. While these benefits may make the recovery period easier...

Being hurt on the job can affect you and your family for the rest of your lives. Sustaining serious injuries on the job site can mean the difference between living the lives you've always dreamed of and being forced to...

In previous posts we have written about the danger falls pose to workers in various occupations. Those who work in the field of construction are some of the workers who fall into this category. Recently two construction workers were injured...

The summer months bring a lot of activity to roads throughout the state of Pennsylvania. In addition to the increase in traffic volume that occurs when people take to the roads in good weather to go somewhere, the warm weather...

Our Workers' Compensation attorneys at Dallas W. Hartman, P.C. are particularly familiar with industrial accidents and explosions. In Pennsylvania, industrial plants are still alive and thriving - particularly in western PA and eastern Ohio where many peoples' lives and well-being...

It used to be that when someone needed something they would hope in their car and drive to the nearest store carrying the desired item. With the ease of online shopping however, many people turn to their computers. Amazon is...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a new standard concerning the manner that hazardous chemicals are handled at work. Failure to abide by this standard will, of course, result in an OSHA citation and possible workers' compensation claims. In...

Now that the calendar indicates it is June, the temperatures throughout Western Pennsylvania will likely soon heat up. While after a long, cold winter, many who reside in the area probably welcome higher temperatures, for some individuals it can be...

Though few people likely spend much time thinking about it, some occupations throughout the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area require the use of ladders. Since falls from this type of equipment can have devastating results, it is best when employers did another...

A worker in the state of Pennsylvania need not have an inherently dangerous job to be injured while working. Workers' compensation could be available to any worker who is hurt in the course of his or her job. This is...

When a worker is hurt in the course of his or her employment, the end result can be devastating for that worker as well as his or her family. When the injury is so serious that the worker needs time...

Many of the workers' compensation situations we write about involve construction or industrial settings. These types of occupations are not the only situations in which workers are hurt in the course of completing tasks related to their jobs. For example,...