Unsurprisingly, fighting for workers’ compensation for warehouse workers is a common situation for our team of experts at Eason & Tambornini. When it comes to risky occupations, warehouse jobs rank among the highest. Data on warehouse job-related injuries in 2018 showed about three injuries per 100 workers nationally. And at a significant online retailer warehouse in Central California, the 2020 data came in at a rate of 12 injuries per 100!
In California, workers’ compensation law dictates that if you have been injured while working at your warehouse or become ill due to workplace conditions, you are entitled to compensation if you were an employee when the injury or illness occurred. Whether or not you are an employee is not decided by your employer; it is a matter of law based on the facts of your relationship.
What Are Warehouse Injuries?
Our firm has been helping clients get workers’ comp benefits for warehouse injuries for over 25 years. We understand the details surrounding both common warehouse injuries and not-so-common ones. Here are just a few examples:
- Burns
- Chemical or other toxic substance exposure
- Conveyer or other automated-system injuries
- Disfigurement or loss of limbs
- Forklift accidents
- Machinery, tool, and equipment failures resulting in injuries
- Overexertion and exhaustion
- Prolonged exposure to cold or heat
- Soft tissue or muscle injuries due to repetitive tasks
- Slips and falls
- Spinal cord injuries/paralysis (partial or complete)
- Trauma to the brain resulting in cognition impairment
How Our Attorneys Secure Workers’ Compensation for Warehouse Workers
A successful workers’ compensation case starts with immediately getting a workers’ comp form from your employer. The next step is equally important: Find an experienced workers’ comp attorney for warehouse workers who can help you through a complicated process at every step, from filing your initial claim to appealing a denied claim.
Types of Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Warehouse Workers
Workers’ compensation benefits for warehouse employees take four primary forms: temporary disability payments to help offset wage loss due to being unable to work during recovery of an injury or illness; medical care; a permanent disability award to compensate you for permanent limitations; and in some cases vocational rehabilitation benefits if you cannot return to your prior occupation. For example, suppose your injury or sickness cannot be healed entirely, or you cannot fully recover. In that case, you may qualify for permanent disability compensation.
Our Approach to Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Warehouse Workers
Our professionals understand a critical component in workers’ compensation cases is the people behind the claims. Our clients are mothers, fathers, and family members in households that depend on their wages to make ends meet. Our team approaches workers’ compensation cases for warehouse workers with compassion and will aggressively fight for your right to secure the benefits owed to you.
Starting with a no-obligation, free consultation to learn about your situation, to the investigation of the facts surrounding the case, and then completion of the case, our attorneys and support staff make sure every client feels listened to, supported, and, most importantly, informed of the case’s status.
There isn’t a more frustrating feeling than not being able to care for your loved ones, whether you are the breadwinner in the family, a single mother or single father, brother or sister supplementing your family’s income. We are here to help.
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Eason & Tambornini bring over 100 years of professional law experience, including our team specializing in workers’ compensation for warehouse employees. Call us today for a free consultation and learn how to proceed with your workers’ comp case.
