6 Most Common Work Injuries

1. 6 Most Common Work Injuries

2. It’s every employer’s responsibility to provide a safe environment for the workers and this goal can be achieved by giving proper training and using protective gears. But still, we live in an unpredictable world where anything can happen anytime, anywhere. You can take precautionary measures to minimize the risk but cannot succeed in eliminating the danger 100%.

3. Workers receive work injuries every now and then and demand an additional protection that can be offered in the form of workers’ compensation. Workers’ compensation is a type of financial assistance for injured employees. From their medical bills to lost wages, everything gets covered by this compensation. Claiming workers’ compensation can be a hard task but you can do it effortlessly with the help of a work injury lawyer.

4. Here are 6 most common work injuries that are covered by the workers’ compensation and can occur in a number of industries including manufacturing, transportation, and farming:

5. Repetitive motion injury

6. Constant movements such as bending of back and twisting of the wrist can cause damage to muscles, ligaments, and tendons. This type of injury usually affects the wrists, neck, back, and shoulders. Workers involved in continuously lifting or moving objects receive this type of injury. The initial symptom can be just a minor pain but eventually, it becomes seriously painful.

7. 2. Injuries from machinery

8. This work injury type includes all those injuries that are caused due to the malfunctioning machinery at the workplace. When machines don’t work properly, they cause severe damage to employees. Sometimes, workers’ carelessness gets then caught in the machine and result in impaired limbs.

9. 3. Transport accidents

10. Many workers get accidental injuries while driving loaded trucks and transportations vehicles. Transport accidents occur due to driver’s carelessness, drinking driving and human error. Sometimes, the mechanical problem in the vehicle also cause an accident and result in serious injuries.

11. 4. Workplace violence

12. We always hear about workplace violence due to misunderstandings between employees. This anger among workers turns into a serious rage by involving the use of guns and other weapons. Such a violence always results in a number of casualties.

13. 5. Injuries from falling objects

14. It’s one of the most common injuries because things always fall down and the fault is of gravity! When something drops from a shelf or ceiling right over the head of a worker, it causes head, neck or back injury. It can be an external wound as well as an internal injury.

15. 6. Slipping injuries

16. It’s pretty much common to slip on the wet floors or greasy surfaces. Although it’s much of a falling person’s fault to walk carelessly and get the back or head banged, still if it has happened at the workplace and caused a serious injury then workers’ compensation will cover the expense and loss.

17. These all work injuries can be minor and sometimes extremely serious. In the case of latter, the injured worker, and the respective family, both suffer a lot. In such a traumatic condition, workers’ compensation can make things pretty stable.

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