Working in a grocery store may not seem like hazardous work, but it definitely can be as recent events confirm. Most often, cashiers’ ordinary job duties are what put them at the most risk. Repetitive motion injuries are common in the industry and can be debilitating....
Month: May 2020
Recognizing a work-related lower back injury
Many Pennsylvania workers go home at the end of the workday feeling as though they could not move another inch. By the next morning, many of them will feel better since they got some rest and may assume they were just tired. Then they go back to work and repeat the...
Repetitive motion disorders could quickly become debilitating
In nearly every industry, Pennsylvania residents could suffer work-related injuries that keep them from being able to go to work, even if the situation is only temporary. One of the biggest risks in some industries is the potential for repetitive motion disorders....
Unions, workers’ compensation and essential workplace protections
The workplaces of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were fraught with hazards to workers. Labor laws were nonexistent, and deaths were commonplace. Labor unions and the workers’ compensation system began to grow from this harsh reality. Labor unions and the...