Fairfax Workers’ Compensation Blog

Depending on your profession, it’s possible that you rely on power tools to provide quality and timely work. While there’s nothing wrong with this, your safety, health and well-being are more important than anything else. Power tools have the potential to cause...

Truckers who haul tankers have to be especially careful when they’re doing their job duties because they can face some risks that other truckers don’t have to worry about. These aren’t only things that happen during the haul, but also include risks that occur when...

Statistics on workplace incidents often run a bit behind, so the most recent ones we have for electrical injuries and fatalities are for 2018. However, they show a concerning reversal of the overall trend. Like many other issues, electrical injuries and fatalities...

When you walk into your vacation or business trip oasis, more commonly known as your hotel or resort, you'll likely comment on the decor, the amenities, the quality fo the bed, and the cleanliness of the place. Being happy with your hotel or resort choice is extremely...

Broken bones take all different forms. Hairline fractures are very thin breaks that do not split the bone entirely. Spiral fractures happen when the bone gets twisted, and they wrap around it in a spiral pattern. Among the most painful and potentially dangerous...

When people think of plumbers, they think of individuals who have relatively safe jobs unless they’re working with the sewage systems. Some people might not realize that there are several dangers that these professional tradesmen face as they get their job duties...

It is about a two-hour drive southwest of Fairfax to get to Charlottesville. Home to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, the city of just under 50,000 is also home to The Daily Progress, one of the few surviving daily newspapers in cities of that size. The paper recently...

You’ve had a bum back for years. At night, you constantly have to sit on a heating pad. You get muscle relaxants from your doctor to help with the pain and you see a chiropractor a couple of times each year, but your condition is manageable.   Then, one day at work,...

If you sustained an injury at work, you might have already filed for a workers’ compensation claim. You’re likely relieved that your injury won’t cause you too much financial burden. Workers’ compensation provides you with the benefits you need to recover from your...