Some work environments expose you to high, potentially dangerous levels of noise, and if you make your living as a Connecticut law enforcement officer, your risk of experiencing work-related hearing loss is high. Noise-induced hearing loss is far more common among law...
Year: 2021
3 ways truck drivers suffer crush injuries
Commercial truck drivers spend thousands of hours behind the wheel every year. During over-the-road trips, truckers may develop repetitive stress or other driving-related injuries. Regrettably, truck drivers are also vulnerable to traumatic injuries when picking up...
Injuries and illnesses affecting retail store employees
A busy shopping season increases the risk of injury for retail store workers. As reported by CBS News, close to 4% of retail employees working full time in 2018 sustained non-fatal injuries or illnesses. Approximately 7% of employees selling pet supplies recorded...
Should I find a witness to my workplace injury?
Suffering an injury on the job can make you worry about how you will pay for your medical bills. If you carry out the proper steps to secure workers’ compensation, you should feel at ease that your employer’s insurer will cover your injuries. You might help your case...
How do you determine your workers’ compensation claim’s value?
After hurting yourself on the job recently, you filed a workers' compensation claim. Your employer honored your claim, but do you get fair compensation? Chron explains how to value a workers' comp claim. Make sure your employer accounts for all aspects of your claim...
How much does the average funeral cost?
When you think of workers' compensation, you might first imagine injured workers after an accident staying home, recovering and their employer's compensation funds helping them pay for it. In the worst of accidents, that worker may not go home at all. Workers'...
Lifting patients a common cause of injury in health care
Earning a living as a nurse in Connecticut comes with certain health risks. Some of those risks result from your direct interactions with ill patients. Others are the result of you having to shift those heavy patients or move them in and out of bed. Per HealthLeaders...
Safety tips for delivery drivers
As commerce increasingly moves online and the need for delivery drivers grows, you may be new to this profession. Even veteran workers should refresh their employment safety knowledge to avoid injuries in incidents such as auto accidents. Keep these safety tips in...
Can an out-of-state doctor treat my work injury?
If you get hurt in a Connecticut workplace, you want to be sure that you receive the best treatment possible. Receiving workers’ compensation coverage should ensure your medical costs will not be a problem. You may wonder, however, if you can still receive benefits if...
What is a third party liability claim?
Even minor incidents at the workplace can result in you having to miss days or even weeks of work, and unfortunately, in this day and age, it is hard to afford to miss even a handful of days. This makes seeking compensation and your respective compensation options a...