Workers Compensation Home Health Care Assistant

Are you looking for a workers compensation home health care assistant?  A workers compensation home health care assistant can provide assistance and home health care to an injured worker that has a workers compensation case.  A home health care assistant may also be known as a home health care provider or home nursing attendant.  

Typically, an injured worker is in need of a home health care assistant when they are severely injured or have been diagnosed with chronic pain from their work related injury.  Many times, a home health care assistant will be requested and provided after an injured worker has undergone surgery.  Home health care assistants help the injured worker perform their usual and customary activities of daily living that they can not currently perform.  These types of activities of daily living can be: helping with getting dressed, taking a shower/bath, using the restroom, preparing meals, doing laundry, cleaning the home, dispensing medications, grocery shopping, transportation and many other activities. 

There are many contributing factors that could lead an injured worker to be in need of home health care services.  Also, there are different steps and strategies in trying to get a request for home health care services authorized and provided for the injured worker. 

If an injured worker does not have a home health care service provider, but instead, has a husband, wife, daughter, son, family member, neighbor, friend or someone providing assistance to them on a repetitive basis, them may potentially be able to get compensated and reimbursed for their services.  Also, if the injured worker has been paying this person out of their own pocket for these services, they may potentially be able to seek reimbursement. 

If you, or someone you know, is in need of a home health care assistant due to a workers compensation injury or if you have a work injury and feel that you may want to obtain knowledge and be informed of your rights regarding home health care services, please feel free to contact our office today.  Our firm specializes in chronic pain cases that need home health care support and assistance.  We would be glad to speak with you regarding this matter.

Meat Cutter Workers Compensation Injury

Are you a meat cutter that has a workers compensation injury?  Or did you sustain an injury while working as a meat cutter?  When employees that work as meat cutters sustain injuries while performing their job duties, they need to seek the proper medical treatment and legal representation as soon as possible. 

Most meat cutters have specific daily job functions that can be very repetitive.  They typically are held responsible for lifting heavy items (such as boxes of meat), prolonged reaching while stocking the display counter full of their prepared meats and products, under high demand and stressful environment of preparing customers orders of special cuts of meat, fine manipulation of using their hands and arms to cut/slice, wrap, weigh and label the meat, as well as use the machine products that slice and cut, grind, trim the meat.  Meat cutters will usually handle all types of meat such as beef, poultry, fish    and pork.  They are also responsible for preserving meats and making sure that their customers receive the best type of quality of meat that they provide to them.

It is foreseeable that a meat cutter could sustain an injury while working under the above circumstances.  An injured meat cutter could have slipped and fell, cut a limb or  has multiple orthopedic injuries due to continuous trauma of repetitive use and/or action. If you or someone you know is a meat cutter and has a workers compensation injury or has sustained an injury while working, please feel free to contact our office so that we may provide you with the proper knowledge regarding your employment rights and medical and monetary benefits.  If you have been injured on the job, it is important that you fill out a DWC-1 claim form with your employer and contact a workers compensation legal representative immediately. 

We would be glad to talk to you and help you any work injury matters you may have. 

Sandblasting Workers Compensation Injury

Do you have a sandblasting workers compensation injury and need legal representation?  When a person is injured in a sandblasting accident and sustains an injury while working, they should file a Workers Compensation claim and contact a Workers Compensation attorney to understand their legal rights and protections. 

Sandblasting can be a very serious and dangerous job as you have tight compressed air that is used to forcefully push out and blast the air in a direct and aggressive way to remove matter from its surface.  It is important to wear the correct protective sandblasting gear in order to prevent an injury while working.  Employees working with sandblasting should wear protective facial masks especially protecting the eyes and head.  Mouth and nose covers are also recommended as many workers can inhale the debris, chemicals and particles that may be contaminated.  Majority of the time, the sandblasting workers wear long sleeves and pants with covered shoes, to expose minimal skin exposure as possible. 

However, with all the precautions that can be taken with protecting yourself against a sandblasting work injury, there is always a risk of someone being injured.  If you or someone you know is a sandblaster and has been injured it is important that he/she seek medical attention immediately.  It is important that he/she obtain a DWC-1 claim form to fill out and return to his/her employer.  Some injuries that can arise from sandblasting can include, but not limited to, inhalation, asthma, lungs/trachea, eye injuries, slip and falls, head injuries, ear injuries, hearing, orthopedic injuries such as back, neck, arms, legs, headaches, etc. 

It is important that an injured worker receive medical benefits as well as monetary workers compensation benefits while they get better and recover from their sandblasting work injury/accident. 

Feel free to contact our firm today for a free consultation. CONTACT US  Learn your rights and get the legal protection and maximum benefits you deserve.