Category: Workers’ Compensation

Workers in the meat packing industry perform a variety of tasks, including slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distributing meat. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), meat packers face several serious workplace hazards and suffer higher injury and fatality rates when compared to workers in other industries. Despite the treacherous nature of meat packing[…]

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently announced the creation of a statewide program granting $50 million in hazard pay to front line workers employed in life-sustaining industries directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The two-week application window for the grant saw more than 10,000 applicants, 639 of which became recipients of $50 million in allocated funding[…]

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, workers have the right to safe working conditions. For years, personal protective equipment (PPE) has played a major role in ensuring the safety of workers in construction, manufacturing, and other industries in which job hazards are obvious. With the advent of COVID-19, the use of PPE[…]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that 22 million workers are exposed to noise hazards on the job every year, which makes hearing loss one of the most common job-related injuries. At high levels, noise exposure can result in long term or permanent hearing injuries – but more often than not, these[…]

Some workplace hazards are obvious, such as washing windows on a scaffold attached to a skyscraper or operating heavy machinery in a construction zone on a busy highway. However, there are many other serious workplace hazards that are often overlooked. Collectively, workplace hazards account for millions of work-related injuries and illnesses each year. Employers can[…]