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Construction sites are among the most dangerous workplaces in Pennsylvania. When you are hurt on a Delaware County job site — from the refineries and chemical plants of Marcus Hook and Chester to the residential build-out across the Main Line — you have rights under both workers’ compensation law and Pennsylvania personal injury law. Lerner Steinberg & Associates has fought for injured construction workers across southeastern Pennsylvania for over 34 years.
Pennsylvania workers’ compensation covers virtually all construction workers injured on the job, regardless of fault. If you were hurt while working on a Delaware County construction site — whether from a fall, a tool accident, a structural collapse, or any other cause — your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance is required to cover your medical treatment and replace a portion of your lost wages.
Workers’ comp benefits for injured construction workers include payment of all reasonable and necessary medical treatment related to the injury, wage loss benefits equal to approximately two-thirds of your average weekly wage, specific loss benefits for permanent impairment of a body part, and death benefits for surviving family members in fatal accidents.
Delaware County concentrates some of the most hazardous construction and industrial work in southeastern Pennsylvania. The Marcus Hook industrial complex and the refinery operations in Marcus Hook and Trainer rely on constant maintenance, turnaround, and build-out work around volatile processes and high-pressure systems. The I-95 spine and the Route 1 and Baltimore Pike corridors keep heavy-highway and infrastructure crews working alongside live traffic. New residential and commercial development continues across Radnor, Haverford, Springfield, and Media, while warehouse and distribution construction lines the county’s freight corridors. And Philadelphia International Airport, which sits on the Delaware County border, keeps ground crews, baggage handlers, and maintenance workers exposed to the kind of struck-by and equipment hazards that produce serious injuries.
Every one of those settings puts workers at height, around heavy equipment, and alongside multiple contractors and subcontractors — exactly the conditions that produce the most serious injuries and the clearest third-party liability.
Delaware County’s medical landscape changed in 2025, when Crozer-Chester Medical Center — the county’s only Level I trauma center and burn unit — closed. Seriously injured construction workers are now transported out of the county to trauma centers such as Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, or Christiana Hospital in Delaware. That can mean longer transport times, which makes prompt treatment and careful medical documentation more important than ever to both your recovery and your claim.
When a claim is disputed, Delaware County workers’ compensation cases are heard before Workers’ Compensation Judges in the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation hearing offices that serve the county. We know how these judges and the defense firms representing the insurance carriers operate, and we prepare every disputed claim for that forum.
Workers’ compensation does not cover pain and suffering. But many Delaware County construction accidents involve negligent third parties — contractors, subcontractors, property owners, equipment manufacturers, or other companies on the job site who are not your direct employer. When a third party’s negligence contributed to your injury, you can pursue a separate personal injury lawsuit against them in addition to your workers’ comp claim.
This dual-track approach is one of the most important and underutilized rights available to injured construction workers. Our attorneys evaluate every construction accident for third-party liability so no source of compensation is left on the table.
Scaffolding collapses, ladder accidents, roof falls, and unprotected floor openings — the leading cause of construction fatalities in Pennsylvania.
Falling tools, swinging equipment, or vehicles on active Delaware County job sites. Often involve third-party liability against equipment operators or site managers.
Machinery entrapment, trench collapses, and cave-ins. Frequently involve OSHA violations that strengthen both workers’ comp and personal injury claims.
Contact with live wires, faulty equipment, or improper grounding on residential, commercial, and industrial sites throughout the county.
Defective power tools, improperly maintained heavy equipment, and inadequate safety guards — may support product liability claims against manufacturers.
Burns, explosions, falls, and chemical exposure during turnaround and maintenance work at Marcus Hook and Chester industrial sites — often serious and well-documented.
When a Delaware County construction accident involves a violation of OSHA safety standards — failure to provide fall protection, inadequate training, missing guardrails, improper scaffolding — those violations are powerful evidence of negligence in both your workers’ compensation case and any third-party personal injury claim. Our attorneys investigate OSHA compliance on every construction accident case and use violations to maximize your recovery.
Some construction employers attempt to classify workers as independent contractors to avoid paying workers’ compensation coverage. Under Pennsylvania law, the classification of a worker as an independent contractor does not automatically mean you are excluded from workers’ comp. Our attorneys evaluate the true nature of the employment relationship and challenge improper classifications that deprive injured workers of benefits they are legally entitled to.
Pennsylvania law sets strict deadlines, and missing any one of them can permanently end your right to compensation. There are three separate clocks every injured Delaware County construction worker needs to know:
These deadlines are not technicalities — missing any one of them can eliminate your right to compensation no matter how serious your injuries are. You can review the Commonwealth’s official workers’ compensation information through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, then contact us as soon as possible after any workplace injury in Delaware County.
With over 34 years of experience representing injured workers and accident victims throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, Mike Lerner and Ben Steinberg handle construction accident cases personally — you work directly with an attorney, never a paralegal. We pursue every available avenue of compensation — workers’ comp, third-party personal injury, and product liability — so injured construction workers can recover the full compensation they are owed. All cases are handled on a contingency fee basis — no fee unless we win.
