JENKINTOWN PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS

A question that a lot of people have is whether or not psychological and psychiatric injuries count as work injuries you can get compensation for under Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act. This is an interesting question because it doesn’t have a yes or no answer. These types of injuries are so subjective that it is up to the person filing a claim to prove that the “mental injury” was sustained because of unsafe working conditions.

What You Need to Prove for Compensation

• Was your physical injury at work because of a psychological stimulus?  Meaning was there a psychological event that was directly linked to causing your physical injury at work?
• Was your mental injury caused by a physical stimulus? Meaning was there a physical event or accident that was directly linked to causing your psychological injury?
• This is the most difficult one:  Was there a psychological incident that was directly linked to causing a psychological injury that you should be compensated for?

These three things are difficult to prove and the burden of proof is on the person making the claim. Since psychological injuries are so subjective it can be harder to prove that your psychological injury happened at work and is disabling. Some people are already mentally ill when they start working, so you also must prove that the working conditions in question were not made up due to a preexisting mental condition.

Proving that your mental injury was caused by unsafe or abnormal working conditions can be difficult.  If you have the help of an experienced attorney she may be able to help you have a positive outcome in your workers’ compensation case.

If you have suffered a psychological injury and it was due to unsafe working conditions in the Philadelphia or Allentown area, call the law offices of Mednick, Mezyk & Kredo for their expertise in workers’ compensation cases today at 888-870-WORK.