When you file a workers’ compensation claim, you hope to receive benefits in the near future. You need this money to stabilize your finances as you recover from your injury. Without workers’ compensation benefits, you’re left to rely on other money, such as your personal savings, to get by while you recover. This doesn’t…
Slipping, tripping and falling are types of accidents that can happen to anyone. However, people who work in certain occupations can be at a higher risk of these incidents than others. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) has identified five industries in which workers can be disproportionately affected by work-related falls. If you work in…
Every day, workers make mistakes on ladders. In most cases, these mistakes do not result in accidents. For instance, a worker is supposed to keep three points of contact at all times, but there are plenty of workers who have reached out to hold something with both hands and not fallen off of the…
Whether making deliveries, driving to a work site, responding to an emergency or transporting products across the country, many Ohio citizens drive as a part of their daily tasks in the workplace. However, after a crash, these workers face many questions. How will they recover from this accident? How long will they be away…
With power tools, heavy machinery, weighty construction materials and physically demanding tasks, construction sites can be dangerous places. Treatment after a construction site injury can be stressful and costly, and even common injuries can leave workers in need of additional support like workers’ compensation benefits. Trips and falls Construction sites can be host to…
It’s not easy to get over a workplace injury. This is often true when an injury is severe enough to really change your life. But sometimes, injuries stop workers from doing their jobs as they had in the past. Fortunately, it is easy to make a claim for the workers’ compensation payments they need…
Workers deserve the best possible protection when they are on the job, especially when their employment is potentially hazardous like construction or emergency services. But if employers had to be prepared to pay medical expenses on their own, few small- or medium-sized businesses would survive an accident or two. This is why state governments…
Pain and injury on the job is one of the most terrifying situations that a lot of workers could face. Many government regulations, including all of the ones enforced by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and several individual procedures used by companies are there simply to keep workers safe and stop…
When people are hurt on the job in Ohio, they have a lot of options to help them recover from it. Minor injuries may require a trip to the doctor, and many employers offer a health insurance option that may pay or defray the cost for medical care. But serious injuries that are related…
Those who have worked for any length of time already know that workers’ compensation provides financial benefits after a work injury. The existence of the program gives Ohio workers comfort because they know that help is available in the wake of an on-the-job injury. However, knowing about workers’ compensation is not the same as…