Category Archives: Workers’ Compensation
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 »
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 »
Temporary, Total, Partial, and Permanent Disability
When a worker gets injured on the job in Maryland, that worker may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. Whether you are working in a retail store, in construction, in health care, or any other number of industries, your injuries may be compensable if they can show that their injury was arising out of… Read More »
How Do Hospital Workers Suffer Back Injuries?
Back injuries can happen in almost any type of job in Maryland, in nearly any field or industry. Yet back injuries are more common in some professions than in others. In particular, health care workers in hospital settings are especially prone to suffering back injuries. These injuries can affect different parts of the back,… Read More »
Which Workers Are at Highest Risk of Injuries Due to Violence?
In Maryland workplaces, a majority of employee injuries result from safety issues and negligent acts or omissions. Yet in some cases, workers sustain severe and sometimes fatal injuries due to workplace violence. Maryland workers’ compensation law requires injuries to be “accidental” in order for them to be compensable through the state’s workers’ compensation system,… Read More »
Which Types of Retail Jobs Are the Most Dangerous?
In retail work, there are many different types of positions and work requirements. Accordingly, employees in retail jobs may perform a wide range of tasks themselves, or they may have job-related tasks that are significantly different from other retail employees who work in specific jobs or areas that are different from their own. Regardless… Read More »
Vehicle Accident Injuries and Workers’ Compensation: What to Know
Motor vehicle accident injuries are common, and they often impact workers. Yet whether or not injuries in a vehicle accident — from a truck accident to a passenger car crash — are compensable through the workers’ compensation system depends on whether the injury arose out of the person’s employment and occurred in the course… Read More »
