When Do I Qualify for Workers’ Compensation Benefits? Have you been injured at your place of employment? If so, you likely have questions about what happens next. Can you receive workers’ compensation benefits for your injury? If so, how…
Common Repetitive Motion Injuries Found in Workers’ Compensation Claims When most people think of workplace injuries, they may imagine back injuries, head trauma, or broken bones. However, more and more employees are suffering from injuries that occur gradually and suddenly…
Part 7 in an 8-part series Hoyer Lifts Can Injure Home Health Care Providers Nurses, caregivers, and other healthcare providers are suffering too many serious, preventable injuries solely due to unsafe lifting practices every year. In fact, it is…
Part 2 in an 8-part series While Hoyer Lifts are, in many circumstances, helpful to hospitals and nursing homes because they allow staff to transport patients and residents with limited mobility, unfortunately, the devices also contain some flaws that can…
Part 1 in an 8-part series A Hoyer Lift is a type of patient lift used as an assistance device in hospitals and nursing homes or for people receiving health services at home. Healthcare workers use Hoyer Lifts to transfer…
Pennsylvania law enables qualifying workers to receive compensation if they experience a heat-related injury while on the job. Examples of conditions that workers’ comp may cover include heat stroke, heat exhaustion, rhabdomyolysis, heat syncope, and heat rashes or cramps. The…
Part Eight: How Insurers Can Make the Workers’ Compensation Process More Difficult Once an employee has notified his or her employer of a workplace injury, it becomes the responsibility of the employer’s insurer to investigate the claim. The insurance company…
The duties of workers’ compensation insurance companies include investigating the claim and paying out benefits for eligible employees. Additionally, they have 21 days to accept or reject the benefits request after receiving notice of an injury. Other responsibilities of the…
Can Workers’ Compensation Cover Mental Illness? The extreme conditions under which first responders work take a toll not only on their bodies, but also sometimes on their minds. Underlying mental health issues related to traumatic stress tends to be…