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Workers Compensation Web Sites

 Workers Compensation Government Links

United States Department of Labor
 "
I
have seen the honor and dignity of the American worker. I've seen it in
coal mines and in classrooms, in office suites and garages. On
construction sites and in factories. I've seen it in workplaces all
across the country. I've seen it so deeply, so profoundly, it will be
with me the rest of my life."
  Spoken by Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman.

FedWorkersComp.net

Federal Office of Workers' Compensation 
Information about the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs and info for Federal employees.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Links to various OSHA resources.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Great resource for national and state statistics. www.disability.gov
Federal Site for those with disabilities.

Private & Organization
Help Links

Workers' Compensation Administrators Directory   The most complete and up-to-date listing of U.S. and Canadian workers' compensation administrators available.

VOICES
VOICES, Inc. is a support group for those suffering through the workers compensation system in Florida and nationwide.
--Founded by Beverly Haire in 1996--
Florida VOICES
VOICES B.E.S.T California

Fix Texas Workers' Comp
Online resource center for grassroots action to show the human side of workers' compensation in Texas.

Washington's Citizens Representing Citizens  
.....so that others may find the support and help they are not finding
from their Industrial Insurance State Dept. of L&I.

Center for Policy Alternatives
"Retaliatory
discharge provisions in state workers' compensation law ought to
guarantee that workers injured on the job should be able to assert
their rights to medical treatment and compensation for lost wages
without the threat, prospect or fear of losing their job or suffering
discriminatory treatment for doing so."

State Workers' Comp Benefit Tables
An overview provided by the Dept of Labor. 

Statistics
Lost workplace injuries and illnesses resulting in time away from work  1999

Injured Workers of America
Injured Workers' Uniting For Fair Unbiased Medical Evaluation, Timely Treatment, & Patient Rights Worldwide.

Injured Workers of NY Inc.
A
Statewide support and advocacy group run by and for injured workers
that are trying to navigate the NYS workers' compensation system.

 

Learn more about your legal rights, contact a Worker's Compensation Lawyer near you now.

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Did You Know?

Of the more than 4.2 million nonfatal injuries and illnesses reported in 2005, nearly 4.0 million or 94.2 percent were injuries. The remainder of these private industry cases (242,500) were occupational illnesses. This distribution of injuries versus illnesses is unchanged from 2004.

Manufacturing, health care and social assistance, and retail trade combined accounted for 51 percent of all reported occupational injuries for private industry in 2005.

Manufacturing had the highest incidence rate for illnesses of 66.1 cases per 10,000 full-time workers in 2005.

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