Category Archives: Workers’ Compensation
Falls Versus Slips and Falls on the Job
Falls can occur at any type of workplace, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and they are also preventable. Yet despite being avoidable, falls occur with frequency and are among the most common types of reported workplace injuries. Some types of industries report more falls than others, especially falls from… Read More »
Heat Injuries Among Construction Workers
Construction work poses serious injury risks to workers at all times of the year due to hazards associated with scaffolding, cranes, trenching, heavy machinery, and much more. Yet the summer months in Maryland can be particularly dangerous for construction workers due to the possibility of extremely high temperatures and heat-related injuries. Construction does not… Read More »
Can I Seek Workers’ Compensation for a Bulging Disc?
Back injuries are unfortunately quite common in many different kinds of jobs in Maryland. Workers whose jobs require intense physical work, including construction workers, hospital workers, and warehousing employees, often suffer back injuries on the job. Yet other types of workers in various industries can also sustain back injuries, including workers at retail stores,… Read More »
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 »
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 »
