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Please Report All Work Related Injuries

Posted by: Judy Pippin
January 25, 2008
Topic: Worker's Compensation

If you have been injured at work, then you must report the injury. This is such a simple message, but one that we need to be reminded of on occasion. This week alone I have received two phone calls from injured workers who failed to timely report their injuries. Sometimes, an injured employee may believe the injury is too insignificant to report, or that they will be fired if their injury is reported. Whatever reason you may have for not reporting an injury, please re-think it. While I think we can still help these individuals, I want to get the message out--Report your injury to your employer when it happens.

There is a possibility that when you report your injury to your employer, you may be told not to worry about worker's compensation and that your employer will take care of all of your treatment. The majority of the time, when an employer states that they will personally take care of you, and not to worry about filing a worker's compensation claim, it is untrue. Unfortunately, most employers who state this end up ignoring their employee's health care complaints and/or any medical bills that have been accrued. This will result in a delay in the reporting the injury to the worker's compensation insurance company, a delay in benefits received, and ultimately the worker is the one who will end up suffering. In the long run it helps all involved if the injury is timely reported to an employer and immediately turned into your employers worker's compensation carrier.


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