Health Care Workers

No matter how careful they are, health care workers in hospital, nursing homes, and residential homes for the physically and mentally disabled are can often be injured while doing their jobs. Lifting patients, responding quickly to a patient need, handling heavy medical equipment, and dealing with hazardous materials can cause workplace injuries. Workers in hospitals, health clinics, doctors’ offices, and nursing homes, and residential homes can sustain injuries from sudden accidents or from the accumulation of smaller incidents (like continued excessive strain from lifting heavy patients).

If you have been injured on the job as a nurse, orderly, nurse’s aide, LPN, ambulance worker, emergency medical technician, nursing home worker, or any other health care position, make sure you are aware of your rights under Pennsylvania workers’ compensation laws. Contact a Philadelphia workers’ compensation lawyer at Fenner & Boles.

Health care institutions Hospitals are often self-insured and are especially reluctant to deal fairly with hospital accident claims. You may be told that your back injury is not related to your job or that your neck injury is not painful. See our tips for injured workers. If you have any questions about your rights or if you need help in asserting your rights, call our workers’ compensation attorneys.

Nursing home workers and workers in assisted care facilities are also exposed to many physically stressful tasks. If you are injured at work, you need to see a doctor about your injuries and receive proper medical treatment. Know your rights. Talk to a Philadelphia nursing home injury attorney. In addition to workers’ comp, you may also be entitled to other available benefits.