Employees who travel as a condition of employment are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries resulting from a traffic accident. Even if the employee was the cause of the accident, he is still eligible to recover workers’ compensation benefits, which include medical coverage and wage loss. It does not matter whether you are driving […]

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In Pennsylvania and other states, workers’ compensation insurance does not pay benefits for any injuries that happen to an employee who is driving to or from work. This rule is known as the going and coming rule, and courts have consistently upheld its legitimacy. Many other circumstances when an employee is traveling, however, do fall […]

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Employers in Pennsylvania will soon be required to send work-related injury and illness data to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) electronically. OSHA plans to collect the data and post it for public viewing on its website. The planned public disclosure of workplace safety and health information is an effort to encourage employers to […]

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On June 29, a crash involving a garbage truck injured three sanitation workers in Philadelphia. The accident took place in Juniata Park while the truck was traveling down East Hunting Park Avenue at 9:30 a.m. According to police, the driver of the garbage truck crashed while trying to avoid a collision with a compact car. […]

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is updating its injury data collection to improve workplace safety in Pennsylvania and around the country and make the public more aware of work-related accidents and injuries. While this may help to improve the work environment, employers and their employees can also take steps to prevent them. Besides […]

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