Under the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, an injured employee has 120 days from the date of the injury to inform the employer of the work-related injury; however, this period does not begin running "until the employe[e] knows, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should know, of the existence of the injury and its possible relationship to his employment." (Credit: danielfela/Shutterstock.com) Under the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, an injured employee has 120 days from the date of the injury to inform the employer of the work-related injury; however, this period does not begin running "until the employe[e] knows, or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should know, of the existence of the injury and its possible relationship to his employment." (Credit: danielfela/Shutterstock.com)
A Pennsylvania judge affirmed the dismissal of a workers' compensation case where the injured employee's lawyers argued that the severity of the employee's injury extended the period to notify the employer of the injury.

On July 14, 2019, Kelly Twaroski smacked his head on an overhead pipe while working as a chemical operator for BASF Corporation. The pain, according to Twaroski, "was more like a little bee sting," and he only experienced a slight tingling in his hands, which did not prevent him from completing his shift or the rest of that work week.

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