Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Law Blog
Before you lease a building for your company
It is time to move your successful Pennsylvania business from its start-up location in your home to a commercial building. At Laputka, Bayless, Ecker & Cohn, PC, we often provide counsel to business owners who want to negotiate the best lease agreement for their...
Is a workers’ compensation dividend plan right for your company?
Workers’ compensation is part of doing business in Pennsylvania. Whether you have a small, medium or large business in the Keystone State, you likely must purchase workers’ compensation insurance. While keeping your workers safe is likely a top priority, you do not...
How should you handle boundary disputes?
Your house is the one place where you can relax and feel secure. You have the right to trust that nobody will come onto your property without an invitation. However, there is always the chance that a neighbor may encroach upon your property in Pennsylvania. Most often...
Worker falls from bucket truck while trimming trees
On Feb. 17, a worker in Pennsylvania died on the job after he fell from a bucket truck. At the time of the accident, the 48-year-old man from Mt. Pleasant had been using a saw to trim tree branches in North Versailles. The fatal accident took place along Hawthorne...
Workplace injuries caused by vibrations
Many workers in Pennsylvania are injured every year while on the job. While some injuries are obvious, others, such as those resulting from years of exposure to vibration, may not be. Long-term exposure to vibration, from handheld tools to repetitive motions, can...
Eyewear that doesn’t fit can lead to workplace injuries
The makeup of today's workforce is rapidly changing, both in terms of gender and ethnicity. The increased diversity of today's workers has led to a serious safety issue. In that past, the workforce was relatively homogeneous. That meant that most workers had the same...
Trench collapse and Pennsylvania workers’ compensation
According to a report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 350 workers were killed by collapsing trenches nationwide between 2000 and 2009. This amounted to a rate of 35 fatalities a year. NIOSH says that 64 percent of all trench deaths that...
Coping with occupational hearing loss in Pennsylvania
There are an estimated 16 million people who work in manufacturing around the United States, which represents 13 percent of the overall workforce. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hearing loss is one of the most common types of occupational illness in the...
Fatal accidents in roadway construction
Pennsylvania workers may know that road construction sites might be a dangerous place. Although the majority of worker fatalities involve individuals working at a specific construction site, others moving through the area also get killed in accidents. Adherence to...
Worker presumed dead after silo collapse
Authorities are presuming that a Pennsylvania worker is dead following a silo collapse on Jan. 8. The workplace accident took place in Bristol Township in Bucks County while the victim was working at a silo that held concrete production materials. Around 4:30 a.m.,...
