by MHK Attorneys | Mar 18, 2019 | Workers' Compensation, Workplace Accidents
Just before 7:30 a.m., on March 1, a man working at a Holmesburg, Pennsylvania, Waste Management recycling facility was killed when a large bale of recyclable paper fell on him. Each bale of paper weighs around a ton or 2,000 pounds. The Waste Management recycling...
by MHK Attorneys | Mar 4, 2019 | Workers' Compensation, Workplace Accidents
A 56-year-old man has died from injuries he received when he fell from a 12-foot ladder at the Giant Food Store in Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania. While no saw the man fall, he was found lying on the floor. The accident occurred on Valentine’s Day and while the...
by MHK Attorneys | Jan 20, 2019 | Workers' Compensation, Workplace Accidents
A big factor in many controversial workers’ compensation cases is whether the injured person was doing something that was in the course of his or her work duties at the time of the accident. When an employer can convince the administrative law judge that the injury...
by MHK Attorneys | Jan 12, 2019 | Workers' Compensation, Workplace Accidents
Just because working in a warehouse does not put you near active manufacturing equipment does not mean that you are completely safe from accidents on the job. A warehouse full of heavy boxes on high shelves poses many potential dangers, especially if management does...
