Most people who injure themselves at work recover from their injury or illness at some point and can return to work. However, in a small subset of cases, the injury is too severe or the condition is ongoing, resulting in a permanent disability. A permanently disabled...
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Workers’ compensation for back and spine injuries in Mississippi
A back or spine injury during your employment can be highly traumatic. There are several occupations where employees are at higher risk of sustaining this type of injury, such as employees who perform manual labor and transport heavy equipment. Back and spine injuries...
Workplace injuries and securing workers’ compensation
Going to work can feel like a very routine task for individuals in Mississippi and elsewhere. While a person's job is heavily relied on for income and the ability to afford daily living expenses, a career can also offer an individual purpose and enjoyment. Thus, when...
Work injuries are common for nursing professionals
Nurses are important professionals in the medical field. While doctors are often the parties that see, diagnose, and operate on patients, nurses maintain patients' health through the administration of treatment plans, medications, and other processes. In Mississippi,...
Fatal workplace accidents by the numbers
Fatal workplace accidents can leave families left behind facing many challenges which is also true of non-fatal workplace accidents and the harm they can cause injured workers. During 2017, the number of fatal workplace injuries in Mississippi equaled 90 according to...
What are repetitive stress injuries and what can I do about them?
Repetitive stress injuries are serious injuries workers can suffer in the workplace. They can come on, and worsen, over time and can have a debilitating impact on workers and their ability to work and earn a living. As a result, workers suffering from a repetitive...
Different types of construction injuries and risks to workers
This blog recently discussed the nature of workplace injuries and what injured workers may be able to do about them. One industry that can be particularly risky for workers to suffer serious and catastrophic injuries is the construction industry. The Centers for...
The nature of workplace injuries and what workers can do
Workplace injuries can mean devastation for injured workers and their families who can suffer physically, financially and emotionally as a result. Because of this unfortunate reality, workers suffering from work injuries should be familiar with the kinds of injuries...
Workers can suffer a variety of different types of injuries
There are a variety of different types of workplace injuries that workers may suffer and it is likely that they will need help with all of them. Whatever the injury the worker has suffered, workers' compensation benefits are an important benefit to be aware of that...
Get the workers’ comp benefits you deserve
Whether it is obvious or not, there are dangers in all work environments. This could range from carpal tunnel due to typing at a compute for long periods of time to heavy machinery injuries due to equipment malfunctioning. Regardless is the accident was caused by...
