Worker’s Compensation
How to File a Workers’ Compensation Claim for a Farm Accident in Mississippi
Working on a farm involves significant risks, and accidents can lead to serious injuries. If you’ve been hurt in a farming accident, you might be eligible for workers’ compensation to help cover medical expenses and lost wages while you recover. Here’s a guide to filing a workers’ compensation claim for a farm accident in Mississippi.…
Read MoreHow to Document an Injury for a Workers’ Compensation Claim in Mississippi
This may sound a bit cynical, but it is true. You do not know your true value at the workplace until you have been injured at your job. It is not until you attempt to receive workers’ compensation benefits for your injuries that you truly understand how much your injury is worth. Even if you…
Read MoreWhat Kinds of Burn Injuries Can I Suffer on a Construction Site?
Construction sites are some of the most dangerous work environments. Often full of heavy tools, heavy and large machinery, and toxic or hazardous liquids and materials, there is no end to the sources of possible injuries. One of the most common and dangerous types of injuries sustained on construction sites are burns. Not only can…
Read MoreWorkplace Injuries That Could Require Surgery
Each day millions of Americans go to work without a second thought. This is part of your routine, and you never expect to have a life-altering injury while at the workplace. However, this is far too common. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), 48,060 injuries required time off from work in 2016, with 697…
Read MoreTop 10 Factors in Workers’ Compensation Cases in 2020
A recent insurance company study asked workers’ compensation professionals to identify the “disruptions” in their profession in 2020. Disruptions are factors that are changing the how workplace injuries happen, how they’re handled, and how the payments are affected. Healthesystems conducted a survey, during the past three years, of professionals at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability…
Read MoreFrolic or Detour? Why Your Workers’ Compensation Claim Could Be Rejected
Not everyone has a standard nine to five job in an office with a planned, paid lunch break each day. Jobs that leave you to your own devices can give you a false sense of security if you were to become injured on the job. Why? Because not every activity during your workday is sanctioned…
Read MoreDelivery Drivers Have Risky Jobs That Often Leave Them Injured
Where would we be without delivery drivers? We rely on them for everything from bringing products to our businesses that enables them to run to keeping our homes stocked up with the hard to find necessities. The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone so there is also the matter of buying ourselves special items…
Read MoreDo I Have to Release My Medical Records in a Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Case?
When you get hurt at work it can uproot your life in ways you may never have anticipated. If you live alone and have a single income, you might have to make some quick logistical changes. If you have children, you might need help caring for them. When you’re the sole breadwinner in your family,…
Read MoreDangers of Heat Stroke Caused by Overexertion
When the summer months roll around many companies capitalize on the nice weather to make as much money as possible. Companies in the construction, agriculture, landscaping, and shore resorts rely on the sunshine and lack of precipitation to make enough money so they can survive the fall and winter months. However, the employees in these…
Read MoreWhen and How to Settle Your Workers’ Compensation Claim
Workers who are injured due to an accident or who suffer an occupational illness are entitled to wage loss benefits and payments for all reasonably necessary medical expenses. In some cases, workers may also be entitled to vocational rehabilitation expenses. Injured employees generally receive 2/3 of their average weekly wage, up to a state maximum,…
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