What Benefits Are Available After a Serious Workplace Injury?
Learn what workers’ compensation benefits may be available after a serious workplace injury in Pennsylvania.
Workers’ Compensation Can Cover More Than the First Doctor Visit
A serious workplace injury can affect a person’s health, income, family life, and ability to return to work.
Pennsylvania workers’ compensation may provide benefits for medical treatment, wage loss, specific loss injuries, rehabilitation-related care, and other covered expenses depending on the facts of the case.
Medical benefits may include emergency care, doctor visits, surgery, physical therapy, prescriptions, diagnostic testing, and follow-up treatment related to the work injury.
Wage loss benefits may be available when an injured worker cannot perform their job or can only return in a limited capacity.
Serious workplace injuries may include amputations, fractures, spinal injuries, traumatic brain injuries, burns, crush injuries, or permanent loss of function.
Disputes may arise over whether treatment is reasonable and necessary, whether the injury is work-related, or whether the worker can return to some type of job.
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Understanding Your Legal Rights After a Workplace Injury
Understanding your legal rights after a serious workplace injury is important because the available benefits may depend on medical evidence, work restrictions, and the long-term impact of the injury.
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