YOUNGER WORKERS AND WORK INJURIES: YOUTHFUL WORKERS, SPECIAL CONCERNS FOR YOUNGER WORKERS AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Posted on September 18, 2020

“When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful” Supertramp Does Age matter? Yes. Younger Workers get injured at different rates than Older Workers. A recent study brought light onto the issue of Age as a factor with respect to Work Injuries. Younger Workers make up a significant number of the workforce. Adolescents and Young Adults represent approximately 13% of the U.S. workforce. Guerin RJ, Reichard AA, Derk S, Hendricks KJ, Menger-Ogle LM, Okun AH. Nonfatal Occupational Injuries to Younger Workers — United States, 2012–2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:1204–1209....

Guide to the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)

Posted on September 8, 2020

One of California's largest providers of Workers’ Compensation Coverage is the State Compensation Insurance Fund. The State Compensation Insurance Fund is known as the “State Fund” or “SCIF.” Many workers must understand what SCIF is and how it operates. The reason is that many injured workers’ claims are being adjusted through the Fund. This article will discuss the State Compensation Insurance Fund and how Injured Workers should approach their claims if the Fund handles them. What are the State Fund’s Goals? The State Fund aims “to become California’s workers’ compensation...

THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF WORK INJURIES: INJURED WORKERS, SUICIDE AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Posted on September 6, 2020

After an industrial injury, Injured Workers are faced with a number of life obstacles. They have their body which has broken down in some shape or form and is in need of repair and healing. A claims process has arisen in which the Injured Worker’s Employee/Employer relationship has changed. They have taken on a new relationship with a workers’ compensation insurances company which is both trying to assist with the process and trying to manage the risk by taking steps to minimize the claim. They have a new relationship with doctors who, while they have a relationship with them, they...

Guide to the Neck Disability Index

Posted on August 28, 2020

Injured Workers, during the course of their workers’ compensation claims will be seen by treaters and evaluators. These treaters and evaluators frequently have Injured Workers fill out self-reporting concerning their physical conditions. This self-reporting is done with respect to various orthopedic body parts. One of these requests for self-reporting is with respect to the cervical spine. It is provided to the Injured Worker in the form of an index. One of these indexes with respect to the neck is the Neck Disability Index (NDI.) This article will discuss the Neck Disability...

« Previous

Blog

YOUNGER WORKERS AND WORK INJURIES: YOUTHFUL WORKERS, SPECIAL CONCERNS FOR YOUNGER WORKERS AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Guide to the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)

THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF WORK INJURIES: INJURED WORKERS, SUICIDE AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Guide to the Neck Disability Index

Learn More about How a Los Angeles Work Injury Attorney Can Help You!

ADDRESS

PHONE

EMAIL

Sitemap