Understand How Workers’ Compensation Can Help
If you suffer an injury on the job, you are eligible to collect workers’ compensation benefits, which provides a set amount of payment for:
- Medical expenses
- Lost wages
- Permanent partial disability (where necessary)
- Job retraining (where necessary)
- Loss of earning capacity (for some injuries)
Workers’ compensation applies to a wide range of work-related injuries, from traumatic injuries to injuries that build over time, like carpal tunnel syndrome or wearing out your back over time. Even illnesses resulting from long-term exposure to an environmental hazard can be covered by workers’ compensation.
Common Work-Related Injuries
The following is a list of injuries, accidents and illnesses that could result in a workers’ compensation or disability claim. For accidents that result in the death of a worker, workers’ compensation pays the family of the worker.
Traumatic injuries and accidents
- Lifting injuries
- Slip-and-fall accidents
- Machine accidents
- Forklift accidents
- Auto accidents while working
- Amputations
- Electric shock
- Crane accidents
- Power tool and machinery injuries
- Falls from heights
- Fires and explosions
- Scaffolding accidents
- Building collapse accidents
- Occupational lung disease
- Chemical poisonings and sensitization
- Infections
- Vision and hearing loss
- Asbestos diseases
- Back injuries
- Neck injuries
- Shoulder injuries
- Knee injuries
- Tendinitis
- Rotator cuff tears
- Meniscus tears
- Carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes
- Joint degeneration
Learn More
Unless you’ve been through it before, the workers’ compensation process can be confusing and complicated. To learn about what you might expect and how a lawyer can help you navigate the workers’ compensation process, schedule a free initial consultation with an attorney at our Eau Claire office.
Call 715-318-2743 or toll-free at 888-896-6174. You can also reach us through our online contact form.