Workers’ compensation is a unique scheme that offers reparation for injuries employees sustain at their workplaces. The benefits aim at catering for medical expenses and other needs of injured workers. However, obtaining such benefits might not be easy—as you can miss crucial deadlines. You can retain a Winter Garden personal injury lawyer for legal aid in filing a claim. Contact the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine to get started.
A lawyer will first investigate whether your employer operates according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration safety regulations, before proceeding to file a claim. Many injuries qualify for compensation, including the following:
Overexertion
If you work too much, you might develop overexertion. For example, if you have been working for 5 hours daily, but your boss wants you to start working for 10 hours, you might overexert your body.
The consequences of over-straining your body can be dire if you are working in a factory or a construction industry. Heavy lifting, excessive stretching, and lack of rest can leave you with serious physical injuries.
Machinery Accidents
Although most occupations are not machine-intensive, workers in factories and construction industries are in unique positions that may leave them vulnerable to accidents.
You may be able to collect compensation under § 95.11 of the Florida Statutes. At the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine, we are ready to represent your claim if you suffered an accident at work. A Winter Garden workers’ compensation lawyer may be able to help you.
Slips and Falls
Lack of sufficient safeguards at work might cause serious injuries when a slip and fall occurs. For example, construction workers on scaffolds need to have certain safeguards in place to protect them. Their company or manager needs to keep the job environment safe and take all relevant precautions.
When you fall from a high place, you might end up with conditions such as sprains, broken bones, head injuries, and spinal cord damage.
We will seek evidence that supports that you may have sustained an injury due to:
- Insufficient lighting
- Inappropriate floor coverings
- Broken or uneven floor surfaces
- Untidy workplace
- Wet floor
Falling Objects
You can get injured when an object falls from higher levels and strikes you. Such accidents may occur at construction sites when workers lift tools and construction materials to higher elevations. The impact of heavy objects made of materials like concrete can cause severe or even fatal injuries.
Contact the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine to Learn More
A Winter Garden workers’ compensation lawyer from the Law Offices of Anidjar & Levine will help you to pursue fair compensation for all the types of damages you suffered, including:
- Psychological distress
- Medical expenses
- Pain, anguish, and loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of income and earning capacity
- Loss of consortium
Call us today to speak to a member of our team. We offer every client a free consultation.
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