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Attorney L. Frederick Sommer III, Worker's Compensation Lawyer and Partner at HNB
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Dayton, Ohio's Leading Worker's Compensation Attorneys
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You worked hard for what you have. Don’t let an injury at work take it all away.
When you can’t work because of a workplace accident or other job-related medical condition, a workers’ compensation claim protects your finances and your lifestyle.
But your employer and the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) might treat your claim like nothing more than an expense they want to avoid. Don’t believe them. Get an experienced workers’ compensation lawyer to make sure you receive everything that’s fair.
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What should I do when I'm hurt at work?
Is my job covered?
We see a lot of government employees hurt on the job. Serving the public comes with certain hazards. But your service also means you deserve to be taken care of when something goes wrong.
Our workers’ comp lawyers help all of these kinds of workers and more:
- Police officers
- Firefighters
- Street and highway workers
- Transit workers
- School employees
- Local and State government employees
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics found in 2017 that some health-care providers— such as registered nurses and nursing assistants—are among the most commonly injured workers in the United States.
Here are some common situations we see with medical professionals getting injured at work:
- Lifting injuries, which can include muscle strain/sprain, fractures, and more from moving patients
- Slip/trip and fall, which can come from slippery surfaces in hospitals or clinics, spills, and so on
- Premises injuries, meaning you can still get workers’ comp if you’re injured on your employer’s premises even when you’re not at your job post
As a transportation worker, you help the world work. But the job has its dangers.
In fact, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics found workers like tractor-trailer truck drivers and light delivery truck drivers among the most commonly injured workers in the United States in 2017.
Whether you work for a transit system like the Greater Dayton RTA, a school district, trucking company, or delivery service, you can be injured at your transportation job in many ways:
- Slip and fall
- Accident with another vehicle
- Injury while helping passengers in and out of vehicles
- Injury while lifting and loading items into vehicles
- Assault by a passenger
No matter what hazards you faced on the construction site—heavy machinery, power tools, scaffolding, falling objects, toxic materials, loud noise, physically demanding tasks, lack of enough safety training for your co-workers or more—you need to take the right steps when you’re hurt at work.
You should do the following:
- Tell your supervisor what happened right away.
- Fill out a written injury report and get your own copy.
- Go to your doctor for medical treatment, including a full check-up, X-rays, any other tests, and tell your doctor exactly what happened.
- File your workers’ compensation claim on your own or through your employer or doctor.
You can qualify for workers’ comp with many kinds of injuries that happen in many ways. It doesn’t matter for workers’ comp if any person was at fault.
It feels downright cruel when someone is obstructing your workers’ comp claim. To put yourself in the best position, do this as soon as you’re hurt at work:
- Report your injury to your supervisor.
- Complete a written injury report and get a copy.
- Get medical treatment right away.
- Tell the doctor every detail of what happened.
- Make sure your workers’ comp claim gets filed. You, your employer or your doctor can do it.
- Don’t let your employer pay you directly to avoid filing a claim. Filing a claim protects your rights.
- Get an experienced workers’ comp attorney.
If you’re employed in Ohio, any injury on the job should qualify you for benefits. It doesn’t matter how the injury happened or who’s at fault.
Injuries at school happen all the time. It can be as traumatic as an assault or as insidious as carpal tunnel syndrome.
The attorneys at HNB have seen strains, sprains, herniated disks, head injuries, tendonitis, and more from school workers.
It can happen to anyone working in a school:
- Teachers
- Teacher’s aides
- School bus drivers
- Cafeteria workers
- Office administrators
- Maintenance workers
- Groundskeepers
When you work in a warehouse, you help the whole economy go. But every day you face risks. Conveyor belts, forklifts, falling boxes, slippery floors. To give yourself the strongest case, take these steps immediately after a workplace injury:
- Report your injury to your supervisor.
- Complete a written injury report and get a copy.
- Get medical treatment as soon as possible.
- Tell the doctor every detail of what happened.
- Make sure your workers’ comp claim gets filed. You, your employer or your doctor can do it.
- Don’t let your employer pay you directly to avoid filing a claim. Filing a claim protects your rights.
- Get an experienced workers’ comp attorney.
What Our Clients Have To Say
Who's Protecting You After A Work Accident?
Your Ally after an Injury on the Job
When an injury on the job abruptly stopped the life you knew—leaving you with pain, medical bills, financial worries and a lot of questions—you deserve answers. The Ohio workers’ compensation attorneys at Horenstein, Nicholson & Blumenthal want to be a resource to help you understand your situation and get you through this difficult time.
You can get a lawyer from HNB to evaluate your situation and let you know your options for free.
You could receive any of these benefits:
- Payment for some of your lost wages
- Medical costs covered
- Job reorientation
- Compensation for a decline in earning power
- Permanent partial disability payments for long-term injuries
- Permanent total disability
Sometimes your employer doesn’t want you to know everything you could get. An attorney from the HNB law firm can fight to get you the maximum possible benefits.
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When hardships have disrupted your life and you need help with complicated legal processes, you can call us, visit us in any of our offices, or arrange to meet with an HNB attorney on an evening or weekend.
Sometimes, we’ll even come to you in the hospital or at home, if that’s easiest for you. Contact us today to get the help you deserve.