Author Archives: Jay Butchko
Workers’ Compensation for Puncture Wounds
Puncture wounds can occur in a wide range of occupations, from work in hospitals to work at grocery retails stores and on construction sites. Sometimes these injuries can be relatively minor and do not require significant time away from work for medical care and recovery. In other cases, however, puncture wounds may be severe… Read More »
What is Wage Reimbursement in Workers’ Compensation?
Anyone who was injured while working in Maryland should find out about their eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits. It is important to know that the Maryland workers’ compensation system is a no-fault system. As such, even if your own negligence played a role in the accident that caused your injury, you can still be… Read More »
Herniated Discs Caused by Work Duties
While workplace injuries can occur in any type of job, it is in jobs that are physically demanding where workers tend to sustain certain types of injuries more often, as well as certain occupational diseases. For example, jobs in warehousing, construction, health care, and airline ground work require a significant amount of physical exertion,… Read More »
How Do Hand Injuries Happen at Work?
Workers use their hands for many, and sometimes all, of their on-the-job duties. Yet our hands are also fragile and can be injured severely in a range of ways and in various different types of jobs. As the Social Security Administration (SSA) underscores, many adults are ultimately determined to be disabled because of a… Read More »
Work-Related Injuries Among Surgeons
Health care workers in various different positions, including hospital workers in a wide range of jobs, can be at risk for serious work-related injuries. While studies on hospital and health care worker injuries often focus on nurses and nursing staff, and others who have physically demanding jobs that involve frequent physical contact with patients,… Read More »
Debris Chutes and Construction Worker Injuries
Potential injury hazards exist across most construction sites in Maryland. While the risk of getting hurt on a construction job can be reduced by using proper personal protective equipment (PPE) and following safety regulations, accidents and injuries can still happen. One structure that can lead to injuries on construction sites, especially those in which… Read More »
Laser Plume Injuries in Hospitals and Outpatient Surgery Centers
Hospital workers and outpatient surgery employees who are involved in surgical procedures can sustain harm from a particular kind of injury that others in the health care industry are not exposed to on a routine basis. Specifically, members of a surgical team can be exposed to something known as a laser or electrosurgery plume,… Read More »
What Are Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits?
After a workplace injury in Maryland, you may be eligible to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. Whether or not you are eligible to receive benefits will depend upon whether you can show that your injury arose out of your employment and occurred in the course of your employment. If you can meet those requirements —… Read More »
Hernias and Maryland Workers’ Compensation
Hernias can be devastating injuries, and they occur more often than you might think in a wide range of industries in Maryland. Depending on the severity of the hernia, a person may realize they have an injury immediately, or the nature of the injury may become clearer over time. According to the Cleveland Clinic,… Read More »
What is Occupational Deafness?
Maryland workers in certain types of jobs are subject to regular noises and vibrations that can affect their hearing. Depending on the severity and frequency of an employee’s exposure, they can experience occupational hearing loss and, in some cases, occupational deafness. Occupational hearing loss and deafness result from damage to a person’s inner ear,… Read More »
