Category: Employment, Personal Injury Transferability of Skills Analysis: Use in RTW TASA ID: 540 Generally speaking, it does not matter what job the employee is returned to as long as they are 'making' close to their pre-injury wage. If, for some reason, the injured employee cannot return to work or cannot earn as much as they were before the injury. . . Read more
Category: Medical & Healthcare, Personal Injury Concussion: Everything Has Changed TASA ID: 3711 Although this title may be slightly overstated, it is true that much of the way in which we identify and manage concussions has changed dramatically. This has occurred in large part as a result of recommendations provided by the International Consensus Conferences on Concussion in Sport (1). Read more
Category: Employment, Personal Injury Changes in PA Workers' Compensation Act 2014 TASA ID: 1823 A Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision made in November 2013, concerning standards for Workers' Compensation for Labor Market Surveys, is understood to substantially increase the burden in attempts of employers in modifying workers' compensation benefits. The decision argued on March 7, 2012 and decided upon November 21, 2013, involved a claimant who was injured during her employment with Phoenixville Hospital. She had applied for five jobs comprising a LMS. Read more
Category: Employment, Lost Wages, Personal Injury Use of Vocational Experts in Disability Determination TASA ID: 540 No longer is it permissible to determine disability solely based on the percentage of impairment as dictated by the AMA Guides. Ideally, the physical and psychological limitations that are imposed by an accident and/or disease must now be translated into the loss of specific vocational opportunity Read more
Category: Accident Analysis / Reconstruction, Chemicals / Toxic Substances, Construction, Personal Injury, Safety Hidden Hazards of Confined Space TASA ID: 3404 Frequent headlines in breaking news stories convey the tragic results of yet another confined space fatality accident. With fatality statistics indicating that more than 60 percent of rescues in confined spaces result in a workplace fatality. Since most of these cases are fully preventable, sadly they involve local firefighters responding to trapped workers injured on the job. A common misunderstanding many people share is that local firefighters respond to emergencies fully equipped as technical rescuers. Having experience in structural fire control or vehicle emergency response doesn’t necessarily qualify one as a technical rescuer. Comprehensive training, practical experience, and a working knowledge can adequately prepare responders to engage as rescue professionals, not before. Read more
