Workplace Injuries
Workplace injuries can be serious, and they can happen while you are at work, traveling, or doing any activities related to your employment. If you are injured at work, you should not be responsible for your medical expenses. More than 5,000 workers are killed every year at their place of employment, and more than 4 out of every 100 workers will be injured during the work year.
The most injuries happen to men, at 72 percent, as well as people who work as operators, fabricators and laborers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Injuries occur while driving machinery, working at manufacturing plants, working with chemicals or highly flammable materials, while driving trucks, and while lifting heavy objects.
The most frequent workplace injuries are:
- strains and sprains
- overexertion (back injury, knee injury)
- fall
- struck by an object (head trauma, brain injury)
- being caught in equipment
- amputations (the most common amputation are fingers)
- what compensation you’re entitled to because of pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost wages, future financial losses, disfigurement, etc.
- how to file a claim (and will fill it out for you)
- what to do if your employer doesn’t have insurance
- how to get your employer to pay for medical expenses
- how to approach all mediations and hearings (and will accompany you)