Workplace Related Accident and Injuries

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Work Relat­ed are the most seri­ous cause of long term dis­abil­i­ty.  Employ­ers who dis­re­gard safe­ty of work­ers and gen­er­al pub­lic cause enor­mous loss of work pro­duc­tiv­i­ty as well as life chang­ing events for the vic­tims.  Per­son­al Injury Attor­ney can­not go back in time and undo the injury.  How­ev­er a good and expe­ri­ence per­son­al injury attor­ney can rep­re­sent you or your loved one and hold the Employ­er respon­si­ble for the cause of pain and suf­fer­ing and dis­abil­i­ty of the worker.

Laws in each state vary.  This is why it is impor­tant to con­sult an expe­ri­enced attor­ney as soon as possible.

• Work-Relat­ed Injuries and Oth­er Inci­dents Work-relat­ed injuries are defined as per­son­al injuries aris­ing due to an acci­dent at work or a dis­ease (ill­ness) aris­ing due to long-term expo­sure to harm­ful fac­tors at work (e. g. chem­i­cals, noise and body strain).
• Near-miss inci­dents are defined as inci­dents that could have direct­ly led to an acci­dent or dam­age to the installation.
• The com­pa­ny in-charge of oper­at­ing the instal­la­tion, must reg­is­ter the fol­low­ing: any acci­dent or fatal­i­ty occur­ring on the instal­la­tion any sig­nif­i­cant dam­age to the struc­ture or equip­ment of the instal­la­tion and near-miss incidents.
• In addi­tion, the employ­er liable to pro­vide pro­tec­tion must report the: 
  • Fatal acci­dents
  • Any acci­dent result­ing in an inca­pac­i­ty to work for one or more days beyond the injury date.
• More­over, the prin­ci­pal employ­er must report the fol­low­ing: Near-miss inci­dents involv­ing a risk of fatal­i­ty and seri­ous per­son­al injury.
• Doc­tors or den­tists must report work-relat­ed dis­eases and the con­se­quences of indus­tri­al injuries.

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