If you are nursing a work-related injury, you likely want to focus on your recovery so you can get back on your feet and move on with your life. You also want to navigate your workers’ compensation benefits claim as smoothly as possible so you can receive the...
If your job involves a lot of repetition, there is a good chance you may suffer a repetitive strain injury (RSI). Repetition does not just mean standing on a factory line day after day either. RSIs can now affect people in pretty much any profession because so many...
Workers’ compensation is crucial in providing financial and medical resources to employees who suffer work-related injuries or illnesses. It aims to protect employees and employers, helping ensure injured workers receive necessary medical care and compensation while...
Getting hurt on the job is a challenging situation for a host of reasons. One of the most pressing – especially for workers who operate in high-pressure industries – involves reporting one’s injuries to an employer. Why is this such a tough undertaking for many...
Before getting workers' compensation benefits, you must go through the claims process. It entails reporting your injury to your employer and filing a claim, among other important steps. Therefore, it is important to understand how things work and, most importantly,...
In most workplaces, there will come a time when a task needs to be carried out at a height. Ladders come in useful when the reach of a person is not enough to get to where they need to be. However, using ladders can be dangerous and there are hundreds of fatalities...
You might not consider working in a grocery store to be a particularly dangerous occupation. Compared to some others, this is probably true. As with any job, however, it comes with its own risks. Below are some of the common types of injuries grocery store workers...
Teaching is not something that tends to come to mind when thinking about dangerous professions. There’s no requirement to handle machinery or tools which can lead to accidents experienced by those working in construction, for example. Having said that, teachers do...
It's natural to assume that your employer is solely responsible for your workplace accident. However, this may not be so. Understanding the potential involvement of third parties in a workplace injury scenario may be crucial to better ensuring that you receive proper...
Any occupation can have elements that can injure employees, and this is no different for truck drivers. They are exposed to several factors that can hurt them. Luckily, the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission (VWC) aims to serve injured workers. Therefore, if a...
