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Each year thousands of Pennsylvania residents are injured in accidents that occur at work. For decades now, the law has provided protection for these injured employees in the form of the workers’ compensation system.

Like most people in Pennsylvania, you want to feel safe while you are at work. You should be able to expect that your employer is implementing all the necessary precautions to ensure your safety and your co-workers’ safety...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has eyewash requirements for certain types of facilities nationwide, including Pennsylvania. Industries that work with corrosive materials must protect workers from suffering eye injuries that can be extremely painful.

A previous post on this blog talked about how important it is for truck drivers to operate their vehicles alert and on a good night’s rest.

During the warmer months of the year, more motorcyclists may be seen on Pennsylvania’s roads. However, riding a motorcycle is not without its dangers, as one accident shows.

If your job requires you to work with handheld equipment or power tools that produce high levels of vibration, you might be a perfect candidate for Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS). This equipment includes power tools like industrial grinders, impact wrenches, jackhammers and even chainsaws.

Commercial trucks are far more risky to drive than a regular vehicle. Their immense weight, size, and cargo loads make them difficult to control, which means that numerous regulations have been put into place by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in order to ensure the risk they carry is reduced as much as possible.

If you tense up when a large truck barrels up behind you or passes you on the highway, you are not alone. Most people understand the dangers of sharing the road with tractor-trailers and other large commercial vehicles simply based on their size and speed.

A car accident has the potential to cause a variety of injuries, some minor and some life-changing. For this reason, it’s critical to receive immediate medical attention, as doing so improves the likelihood of making a fast and full recovery.

It is not rare occurrences for workers in various industries to suffer on-the-job injuries that leave them with permanent disabilities. A significant number of Pennsylvania workers seek financial support through the state-regulated workers’ compensation insurance system each year for disabilities that prevent their return to previous jobs.