Preventing Hand Injuries at Work: OSHA Safety Standards, Legal Rights, and Workers’ Compensation in California
Your workers should be given gloves that can protect against cuts, humidity and other hazards that they face.
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California Back Injury Workers’ Compensation Guide: Eligibility, Claims & Settlements
In California, if a back injury occurs while the worker was working a shift, the worker may be able to collect worker’s compensation.
What happens when a workplace injury causes partial disability?
California’s Department of Industrial Relations offers advice for employees left with a permanent partial disability after an on-the-job injury.
What kind of workers’ comp benefits can unauthorized workers get?
Unauthorized or undocumented workers are entitled to virtually the same workers’ comp benefits as other California workers.
Plumbers face many hazards while on the job
If you are hurt or get sick while on the plumber job, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.
Common injuries for machine shop workers
California residents who work in machine shops know that these can be dangerous places to perform their job duties. The risks of chemical spills, fires, machine
How Dangerous Are Elevators in the Workplace? Statistics, Risk & Safety Measures
If you must work in, on or near elevators at your California job, you are at substantial risk for injury and/or death.
Road construction workers are at higher risk
In California, the dangers faced by construction workers in road work zones are pronounced. The number of deaths in road construction accidents is on the rise nationally.
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What are OSHA’s “Fatal Four” types of work accidents?
Workplace fatalities tend to fall into one of four categories. Falls, Struck by an object, Electrocutions and Caught-in or caught-between.
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Denied Workers’ Compensation? How to File an Appeal in California
For most of us, it is disappointing to be informed that our workers’ compensation claim has been denied. It is not unusual for the