Back injuries can have lasting consequences, including chronic pain, limited mobility, and long-term medical needs. Some injuries may require surgery, pain management, or ongoing physical therapy, leading to significant expenses over time. Fortunately, Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation laws provide benefits to cover medical expenses and lost wages for employees injured on the job. What Are Common[…]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently investigated the death of a 30-year-old Oklahoma worker who died of asphyxiation while conducting repairs inside a water tank in 2023. The federal health and safety agency found that the decedent’s employer failed to evaluate the water tank for hazardous conditions, like testing atmospheric conditions, and did[…]
Prevent Blindness, a non-profit, voluntary organization committed to fighting blindness, saving sight, and improving policies for eye and vision health, has yet again declared March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month. People employed in all different types of industries, from administrative and office work to construction and specialized labor forces, face unique, job-specific risks for sustaining[…]
Ladders are a fixture in nearly every home and workplace across the United States, so it should come as no surprise that we observe National Ladder Safety Month every March to learn how to better reduce preventable ladder-related injuries and fatalities. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that falls from ladders are one[…]
Every year, thousands of workers are injured and killed in accidents where the primary or secondary factors are weather and atmospheric conditions. While cold stress may be one of the most obviously attributable winter weather hazards for general industry construction workers who often work longer hours outside or in cold, internal temperatures, it is by[…]