Workplace Injuries
A wide variety of events and circumstances at the workplace can lead to injuries; examples include: hurting your back in a fall, getting skin burns by coming in contact with chemicals, and getting hurt in a car accident while making deliveries, to name a few. Additionally, repeated risk exposures at work, such as hurting your body or hearing loss due to constant loud noises, can also lead to long-term injuries. Workers’ compensation benefits are designed to warrant that employers cover up all the medical treatment expenses required for employees to properly recover from any work-related injury or illness.
Workers’ Compensation Law
Workers’ compensation laws also ensure that your employer partially replaces the wages you lose while recovering and helps you return to work. In addition, employers are responsible for covering some, but not all, of the psychological-related consequences of workplace accidents.
When facing workplace-related injuries, it is important to get medical attention right away. Once your injuries are taken care of, you must inform medical staff that your injury or illness is job-related. If viable, you should also seek further instructions from your employer. After gathering as much information related to your accident as possible, get in touch with our firm to start filing your claim. Once your claim is properly filed, your employer is required to provide you with medical care. This means medical care must be covered by your employer if you get hurt in the workplace and whether you are required to take a temporary leave from work.
Workers’ Compensation Cases
Most injuries that occur on the job are covered by workers’ compensation insurance, including accidents and illnesses caused by exposure to work activities, materials, and equipment.
Workers’ Compensation usually doesn’t cover:
- Stress or other psychiatric disorders
- Self-inflicted injuries
- Injuries caused by fighting or horseplay
- Injuries incurred while committing a crime, while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or while violating company policies
Depending on the case, you may be eligible for these benefits even if you are a temporary or part-time employee. You don’t have to be a legal resident of the United States to receive most workers’ compensation benefits. It’s illegal for your employer to punish or fire you for having a job injury or for requesting workers’ compensation benefits when you believe your job caused your injury. Before filing a claim, it is important to remember that workers’ compensation may not cover an injury reported to the employer after the worker is told they will be terminated or laid off.
