The key to preventing back injuries is strengthening the muscles of the back. A professional athlete would not think about playing their respective sport without training to do so. Why? The answer is obvious: their performance will suffer and injury is likely. Why then should it be any different for those who do hard/heavy work? […]
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We most office associate Worker’s Compensation Injuries with high risk occupations like construction work. However, surgeons who perform minimally invasive surgical procedures are increasingly beginning to experience physical problems. A surgeon has to deal with a limited range of motion when performing, for example, a laparoscopic procedure, as opposed to dealing with an open incision.
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The Louisiana (LA) legislature passed a bill in the house, currently under debate, that would limit any LA professional athlete to filing a Worker’s Compensation claim in the state of LA. Previously, a professional athlete could file a claim in a variety of states if that athlete played a game in that state. To read
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Former NFL players are now filing worker’s compensation claims with the NFL. The claims are for problems associated with dementia. Repeated trauma to the head over an NFL career is now starting to manifest itself as players age. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125856098
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There are a lot of articles about what to do if you are injured at work. However, you don’t see many articles about what “not” to do. So without further delay, if as an injured worker you want to skrew up your claim beyond repair, perform items 1 through 5 and you’ll be well on
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Two former managers of a California Company were arrested for allegedly covering up and discouraging Worker’s Compensation Claims by injured workers. Allegations include but are not limited to claims that the managers in question attended injured workers’ examinations and attempted to influence the doctor’s diagnoses and treatment. The two men will be sentenced in May
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An Ohio worker was scalped when the employees hair became entangled in a piece of machinery. Upon inspection by OSHA officials, close to $100,000 in fines were proposed against the company. http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2010/03/23/osha-fined-company-91000-workplace-safety-violations_201003233771.html
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The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 2005 law restricting an employee’s right to sue his employer. The law requires that an injured work prove that an employer acted “deliberately” in causing an accident. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×7994686 Ohio law is similar to North Carolina’s. A worker injured in North Carolina is also barred from suing his employer directly
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A Michigan man injured on the job was curiously resistant to filing a Worker’s Compensation Claim. The reason was that he read at a third grade level. He was embarrassed and would rather not file a claim than admit that he couldn’t read: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/99999999/AAAA/3210575/-1/news0302
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The judge presiding over settlement negotiations has initially refused approval of the agreement. Judge Hellerstein has instructed the parties to return to the drawing board to ensure that injured workers are treated fairly and can make a fully informed decision: http://www.khl.com/magazines/international-construction/detail/item53400/.
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