Most people take for granted that they will be safe at work. It’s the one place where most people spend the bulk of their waking hours, and it is the one place where the last thing you want to worry about is your safety. Workers’ compensation is a state program which offers a temporary disability benefit for workers who have been injured while they were working, but will it cover injuries if you are the [...]
As with many other industries, the restaurant industry sees its fair share of on-the-job injuries. On average, restaurant employees are absent from work for about 30 days due to various types of injuries. In particular, those employed in coffee shops are highly susceptible to wrist injuries. Referred to as Barista Wrist, this injury can put coffee and café workers out of commission for over a year. Barista Wrist isn’t any one specific injury. It’s the [...]
Construction workers face tremendous workplace injury hazards every day. The construction industry is vital to our thriving economy and our growth as a modern society, but it is incredibly costly in terms of lives lost and workers injured. In 2017, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were more than 2,332,290 workers employed in the construction industry, which includes carpenters, construction laborers, construction managers, electricians, engineers and construction equipment operators. The Occupational Safety and [...]
Workers’ compensation is a type of insurance that almost every North Carolina employer is required to carry. It provides protection to workers who get injured on the job and/or become disabled due to their jobs. Instead of bringing injury lawsuits against their employers, injured or disabled workers can file a compensation claim for benefits. These benefits can cover: Medical costs associated with your injury or illness, such as doctors’ visits, your medication, or any other [...]
If you get hurt on the job in Charlotte or elsewhere in North Carolina, you should contact an experienced workers’ compensation lawyer as soon as possible. The lawyer can explain your right to workers’ compensation benefits and help you to overcome any obstacles that you encounter as you pursue benefits that you deserve. As you begin the process, here are 10 facts that you should know about how the workers’ comp system works in our [...]
Several years ago, the Center for Construction Research and Training conducted a study of national work injury statistics. The organization concluded that a construction worker faces a 75 percent chance of suffering a disabling injury over the course of a 45-year career. As Safety and Health Magazine reports, the study also found that construction workers have a 1-in-200 chance of suffering a fatal injury. If you are a construction worker in Charlotte or elsewhere in [...]
Every day, thousands of workers across the state of North Carolina file into office buildings, sit down at their workstations, and begin a busy day of typing and talking on the telephone. Regardless of how these people feel about this type of largely sedentary work, the fact remains that they are at an elevated risk of suffering some sort of musculoskeletal injury, or developing some type of lingering pain in their backs, necks or hands. [...]
You work day in and day out at your job. It takes up the majority of your time and for good reason. The goal is to take wages earned home and use them in a way to benefit you and your family. But what happens when hard work is more than just hard? What happens when it negatively affects your health and can even be categorized as a work injury? Cases like this could be [...]
The reality for many workers is that their job requires them to be seated at their desks or in their cubicles for hours at a time, making phone calls, writing reports, answering emails and completing paperwork. While many people accept this notion of being “chained to their desk” as just part of their job, a new study reveals that this mindset might not be the best for their health. Here, researchers at the University of [...]
Construction is one of America’s most dangerous lines of work. And construction workers can sustain serious injuries when they come in contact with electricity. According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about five workers are electrocuted every week, with electrocution causing 12 percent of all young worker workplace deaths. There are four main kinds of electricity-related injuries: Direct Injuries Electrocution or death due to electrical shock Electrical shock Burns (electrical burns, arc burns [...]
