Category: Workers’ Compensation

As the summer temperatures start to rise, employees that work outside are at risk for a number of heat-related illnesses. From relatively harmless conditions like heat rash and […]

by Peter Patton, Esq. Aerial lifts continue to injure construction workers.  A common scenario is when a worker is pinned by a lift against an object, either to the side of the lift, or directly above the lift. On May 30, 2015 an aerial lift fatally pinned a 35-year-old Monroeville, Pennsylvania man against the roof[…]

Over 80 workers were injured and evacuated from a Hammonton, New Jersey medical building as a chemical leak sickened 32 people, sending eight to area hospitals […]

Workplace injuries, along with an inadequate Workers’ Compensation system, may be contributing to the gap between rich and poor, according to the US Labor Department.  Employers report at least 3 million workplace injuries a year to the Bureau of Labor Statistics along with 4,500 workplace deaths, and the true amount may be even higher.  Additionally,[…]

Operation Orange Squeeze has begun along the Pennsylvania Turnpike[…]