“The playful or joking actions of the fellow employees are found to be an actual risk of the employment.”
The following was written by Fred Hosier of SafetyNewsAlert.com. Get valuable information at https://www.safetynewsalert.com It started as innocent horseplay: Employees threw ice cubes at a co-worker. But the horseplay ended with an injury. Does the employee get workers’ comp benefits since he was injured at work? Matthew Simms was a server at a Ruby Tuesday …
There are very bad and some very good vocational rehabilitation counselors
We tell our clients to completely cooperate with their vocational rehabilitation counselor. The 2 main reasons are they could find you a job you would like and give them no excuse to cut off your check. Unfortunately there are many very bad vocational rehabilitation counselors. I also know some very good ones. The problem is …
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ON YOUR FIRST INTERVIEW WITH A VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION COUNSELOR
Always have your lawyer present at your first interview with the vocational rehabilitation specialist. One of the main purposes of vocational rehabilitation counselors is to wear down the worker and harass the worker to the extent that he or she becomes willing to settle the workers’ compensation claim cheaply. They create a lot of busy …
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How Best to Deal with Nurse Case Managers
Main Takeaways: A nurse case manager monitors your care and reports back to the insurance adjuster. There are several ways to deal with your nurse case manager so you can have the best outcome including: insisting on a private examination by your doctor, not letting the nurse case manager switch your treating physician without your …
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HERE ARE WAYS THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL TRY TO DENY YOUR VALID CLAIM
Statute of Limitations As stated earlier, injured workers have the burden to prove several things before they are entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits. There are a few common defenses that insurance companies bring up, to which you need to pay special attention. One is the statute of limitations. An injury by accident claim needs …
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HOW BEST TO DEAL WITH A VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION COUNSELOR
Once you have permanent restrictions and you cannot go back to your former employment due to the restrictions, the insurance carrier may assign a vocational rehabilitation counselor to you. This person’s sole job is finding you employment as soon as possible to save the insurance company money by cutting off your workers’ compensation benefits. Their …
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Being forced to retire because of on the job injury
Question I worked for the sheriff’s office. I was injured during ground fighting that we had not been trained for. I injured my shoulder which required surgery. It was supposed to be a simple surgery but now I have a 7% loss. I was forced to retire. I am now on work comp but I …
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Virginia Worker Electrocuted, Another Hurt Making Repairs
1 Electrocuted, 1 Hurt while Making Repairs in Virginia. Fifty-nine-year-old James Bea was electrocuted while working on a water main break in Arlington, Virginia, Bea had worked for the county for 24 years. Another worker was also injured and taken to a burn unit in critical condition. Apparently, the workers came into contact with a …
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