Most people know that workers' compensation will pay for their medical treatment after they suffer an injury on the job or get diagnosed with a medical condition because of their employment. The 100% medical coverage through workers' compensation is well-known. While...
Workers are more than just warm bodies. Humans can be complex beings that can suffer both physically and mentally in work-related trauma. Do workers have a right to claim psychiatric trauma in workers' compensation cases? Yes. Psychiatric trauma can be debilitating...
People who work in the construction industry have helped build this country. Daily, they put on their hard hats, kiss their families goodbye, and head off to an inherently hazardous job. Despite complying with all regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health...
You probably bend, kneel, reach and turn a few hundred times a day -- both on and off the job -- so why should workers’ compensation pay you for an injury that occurs when you’re doing such an ordinary thing? If that’s how things worked, you can bet employers and...
Midwesterners often tell transplants or visitors that there are only two seasons in the area: Winter and construction season. Road work ramps up as soon as the cold and snow dissipate and continues strong until the snow rolls back around a few months later. There are...
You know that you face some risks in your profession. But you also know that the job your employer is asking you to do is too dangerous and you don’t feel comfortable. For instance, maybe you are working in a trench. It had a support system, but those safety devices...
Losing a limb in a workplace accident can change your life forever. It impacts your ability to work in your desired career, it makes it harder to enjoy your hobbies, and you may lose uncountable skills -- playing certain sports, driving a car, etc. Even after the...
U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data shows that health care workers face a significant risk of a workplace injury. Their statistics suggest that medical workers may have a higher injury risk than those employed in either the construction or...
Data compiled by researchers at Simplify Compliance LLC shows that crush injuries account for the third-highest job-related fatality rates in the U.S. These fall into two primary categories, either "caught-in" or "struck-by" injuries. Some accidents are more common in...
Some jobs have a statistical correlation with specific injury risks. People who work in transportation or delivery services are at higher risk for suffering injuries in a car crash on the job than someone who works as an elementary school teacher, for example. Some of...
