If you get hurt on the job or if your doctor diagnoses you with a medical condition related to your employment, workers' compensation insurance will pay for your treatment. You can also count on workers' compensation benefits to help replace your wages until you can...
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Do you need to look into vocational training after a work injury?
Recovery from a work injury often requires both time and support. You may need financial resources if you need to take a leave of absence from work to heal or to stay at a rehabilitation hospital. You may need medical coverage to get the treatment necessary to fully...
Breaking down the severe danger of a fall from a significant height
Workers do need to understand that all falls are dangerous. A fall on a level surface -- i.e., with no distance traveled at all, such as in a slip-and-fall accident -- can lead to serious injuries. They just get more serious the higher a person is when they fall. ...
Injured at work? Here’s what you need to do now
A workplace injury has the potential to entirely disrupt your life, your career and your finances. Workers’ compensation is designed to step in and help cover an injured worker’s medical bills, provide some replacement wages and other needed benefits -- but workers’...
You hate your workers’ compensation doctor: What can you do?
It’s important to have a good relationship with your medical providers, but injured workers in North Carolina have limited choices about whom they see for their job-related conditions. In essence, you can pick any doctor off the list of approved providers for your...
Eye injuries: How they happen and how you can prevent them
There are many different kinds of eye injuries that you could suffer on the job. From lacerations to bruising to exposure to chemicals, your eyes and sight could be at risk. If you suffer a work-related injury that results in the loss of your vision or an injury to...
The dangers of wood dust
Living in a state that’s home to prestigious furniture makers large and small, many North Carolinians are in the woodworking profession. These skilled professionals face myriad risks in their daily work. Businesses from small woodshops to large manufacturing...
Your employer is trying to end your workers’ compensation: What’s next?
You have learned that employer filed an application to terminate or suspend your workers’ compensation payments here in North Carolina, and you’re understandably concerned. What’s happening? Your employer could be trying to stop your benefits for any number of...
Common reasons for workers’ compensation claim denials
Receiving a notice informing you that your workers’ compensation claim resulted in denial is a huge blow in most cases. Starting when you first entered the workforce, you came to believe that workers’ comp would be there for you after a work-related injury. Now, you...
How do you get medical care after a work injury in North Carolina?
When you’re injured on the job, naturally, you need to report the incident to your boss and file a workers’ compensation claim. How, though, do you obtain the medical treatment you need? In North Carolina, employers control your choices You probably have your own...