Types of Workplace Injuries and Compensation Options

However safe the workplace may appear to be, you have all chances of getting a work place injury due to various reasons and circumstances. Most of the work place injuries can be claimed for compensation of the time lost due to injury, medical care and for supporting equipment to overcome your disability. Employer has to maintain the safety and health conditions in a work place as per the regulations of Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).

Work place injuries are of different categories based on its nature and the place where it occurred. Following are some of the types of work place injuries for which compensation can be claimed for.

Machinery Injuries

This is one of the most serious injuries of all other work place injuries. The construction industry is the one which has highest number of such injuries and fatality. Loss of limb after an accident with heavy machinery, general cuts or burns, and serious injury due to defects in the machine are all the injuries which are claimed under this category.

Factory Injuries

Injuries caused in a factory set up due to heavy machineries are generally categorized in this group. Some of the commonly claimed injuries of this category are fork lift accidents, heavy machinery handling injuries, falling from height or tissue trauma, and cuts or burns.

Injuries from Driving

Incidents like fork lift accidents and pallet truck accidents along with injuries occurring due to poor maintenance of the vehicle and excessively long hours of working are grouped under the driving-related injuries and these can be claimed for compensation.

Office Injuries

Repeated strain injury, injury caused by defective seating, trips, falls or slips, poorly maintained office equipments, cuts or burns and lifting heavy items are all grouped in this office injuries category, which can be claimed for compensation.

Warehouse Injuries

Injuries resulting from trips or slips, fork lift accidents, pallet truck accidents, falling from a height and handling injuries are all quite frequently occurring injuries in a warehouse. However, depending on the nature of the goods stored, the type of injury may vary.

Retail Injuries

Injuries of slips, trips or falls, wrong position of stock and falling of stock from shelving can all be claimed for compensation.

These injuries can be claimed for compensation from your employer under the provisions of workers’ compensation and OSHA. To get more details on legal aspects of this type of injury claims, you can consult a workers’ compensation or work place injury attorney.

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