If you are injured on the job, you expect to receive workers’ compensation benefits that cover your medical expenses, lost wages and other accident-related losses. However, in some situations, your claim may be denied. While this can be overwhelming and stressful, you...
Back and neck injuries at work are some of the most debilitating. For a nurse, suffering from a neck injury may mean having to take a long time off to get surgery or go through physical therapy. For some, it may mean the end of a career. Often, nurses end up with neck...
When you take up a career in the healthcare industry, you do so because you are passionate about helping people in their low moments. But just as with any occupation, healthcare workers like nurses face a wide range of risks and hazards while at work. Nurses who...
It’s not every day that you get injured in your workplace, so you might not know how to proceed if this occurs. Whether you slipped and fell, burned yourself or pulled a muscle, your injury could stop you from working temporarily or even permanently. You might be...
Working in technology, you probably don’t think that you have to worry about serious injuries. However, there are actually several injuries that IT workers are at risk for. From sitting at a computer for many hours at a time to typing for hours on end, there are...
Employment in California’s technological industries poses few severe or catastrophic injury risks. However, tech workers can still suffer from workplace accidents and cumulative physical trauma. The state workers’ compensation program offers benefits after a workplace...
After a workplace accident that results in injuries, you need to protect your workers’ compensation claim by following the deadlines stipulated by the law. Otherwise, any unnecessary delays could jeopardize your claim, and you may miss out on compensation. Here is...
When you plan a career in the medical industry, you probably do not expect to suffer on-the-job injuries due to workplace violence. Unfortunately, violence has long been a companion to medical workers and is a top cause of employee injuries. Recently, Scripps Health,...
When you’ve been injured on the job, your medical provider has a lot of power over both your health and your workers’ compensation claim. That means it’s important to have a provider that you trust. Otherwise, you can easily end up with a doctor who is more concerned...
Nursing is a high-stress profession with a lot of inherent risks and hazards, and it is also an environment where things may have to happen quickly. All of this increases the odds of an injury on the job. One of the most significant hazards for workers in this...