It makes sense that you’d want to see your own doctor after a work injury. Even if it’s your own primary care physician, and not a specialist you’ve selected, you know that they have your history and know what you were like before you got hurt. In California, there...
Where The Injured
Go To Protect Their Rights
Year: 2022
Paramedics and EMTs risk workplace injury and illness
A career serving the public as a paramedic or emergency medical technician (EMT) offers many meaningful rewards. However, these occupations also come with more than a fair share of health and injury risks. Some emergency medical workers fail to address symptoms of...
Work-related brain injuries can lead to long-lasting problems
Many people are at risk of suffering a brain injury at work. Even jobs that you’d think are safe, such as office workers, are also at risk. One of the primary risks is something falling on their head. This could be a book with files from a shelf or a tool from a...
Documentation is key when proving cumulative trauma injuries
California employees who work in some very different industries can wind up with the same diagnosis for their workplace injuries. For instance, cumulative trauma injuries are quite common in the manufacturing field -- but they also develop in office workers, too. The...