As a worker in California, you know you're eligible to receive compensation for job-related injuries or illnesses. The latter can include noise-induced hearing loss. You may be one of the 22 million or so workers in this country who are exposed to dangerous levels of...
Falls are not the most common workplace incidents in California, but they can be among the costliest. Victims can suffer serious, even disabling, injuries that lead to missing months of work. Employers may need to pay out in medical compensation, replace costly...
Companies in California and throughout the United States are required to take steps to prevent employee injuries. If you own a company, there is a series of steps you can take to ensure that your workers aren't vulnerable to hand injuries such as a wrist sprain or...
California law requires that employers take reasonable steps to protect their workers from workplace hazards. This means that your employer has an obligation to keep you safe during a welding project. Consider some of the hazards that you may face and how to minimize...
Back pain can impact both your quality of life and your ability to produce while at work. Generally speaking, employers in California and throughout the country are supposed to take steps to prevent back and other injuries. Let's take a look at a few reasons why back...
Decades ago PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) was called "shell shock." A British psychologist named Charles Samuel Myers first used the term to describe the "thousand yard stare" or vacant look and accompanying stress disorder that many of the soldiers of World...
Sustaining a workplace injury can prevent you from performing the functions of your job. Yet, you may feel tempted to work through your pain, especially if you have a pre-existing condition. Your accident may have exacerbated its severity. But you will likely fear...
Let’s say that you recently suffered an injury on the job. After reporting it to your employer, seeing your doctor and filing your workers’ compensation claim, you hoped that you could finally receive compensation for your damages and move forward with your life. But...
Many people associate workplace injuries with industries that involve physical labor or heavy machinery, such as construction, oil rigging, farming and logging. These fields do have high rates of injuries, but accidents can occur in a wide variety of workplaces....
Approximately 275 Americans lose their lives each day from illnesses and injuries associated with their places of work. Many times, the loss of health or life is due to exposure to a workplace hazard that happened quite some time ago. These facts are concerning to...
