Understanding the potential risks at work helps you stay safe. If you work as a server, you might think your job is not hazardous. However, several common injuries afflict servers. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 2020, almost 94,000 restaurant...
Workers’ Compensation
What are some ways you could derail your workers’ comp claim?
Workers' compensation has many rules that you must follow. If you fail to abide by a regulation, workers' compensation could deny your claim or stop your benefits. There are several important points you should know to help you avoid any issues with filing your claim...
What are possible causes of a radial nerve injury?
If you feel a burning or sharp pain in your hand or strange sensations in your fingers, you might have a problem with your radial nerve. This is the nerve located in your arm that helps you operate your wrist and your fingers, plus it controls some of the feelings in...
How severe can burn injuries become?
Burn injuries are never a pleasant thing to deal with. However, some burn injuries are much more devastating than others. The worst burn injuries fall into the category of third-degree burns. But just how bad can these burns get? Types of burn injuries Healthline...
What role do physicians play in workers’ compensation cases?
When an employee in Virginia sustains an injury on the job, it is important that medical care be the first thing on the schedule. Whether the injury or illness is a chronic one or resulted from an immediate accident, medical care is vital for avoiding future problems,...
What is the purpose of an RTW plan?
Experiencing an injury at work can hurt your morale more than you might anticipate. Being unable to work, having to rely on others and dealing with the physical pain of your injury may wreck you. Keeping your motivation alive will require the support and encouragement...
Three manufacturing safety hazards
Manufacturing work is vital to the success of the economy. Nevertheless, it involves many inherent safety hazards. Employers in manufacturing have a responsibility to provide a safe working environment. This means mitigating the hazards to the extent possible by...
Why should you report a workplace injury right away?
Getting hurt at work may interfere with your ability to do your job at least temporarily. In serious cases, work-related accidents could result in permanent disability. While you may feel that evidence is on your side, failing to report your injury in a timely manner...
Do remote workers qualify for workers’ compensation?
Advancing technologies, increasing health concerns and shifting perspectives and attitudes have all converged to create a virtual work movement that has been growing rapidly over the past years. This increase in remote working opportunities may have many new...
What is the ‘going and coming’ rule?
Under workers’ compensation, an employer is responsible for covering the losses an employee may suffer from a work-related injury. Appropriate compensation includes covering medical bills in addition to supplementing a worker's missed wage-earning potential. It is...