| There are some occupations that are inherently and | | | | provide a worker with the knowledge and skills to |
| obviously dangerous. Firefighting, for example | | | | help him or her to avoid or reduce the likelihood of |
| exposes those who choose the profession to the | | | | certain known dangers. But even under the best of |
| risk of serious burns, smoke inhalation, and incalculable | | | | circumstances, idealized standards may not be met |
| other hazards that could result in injury as they | | | | and a momentary lapse of attention on the part of a |
| attempt to put out a blaze. Surprisingly, however, | | | | co-worker can expose an extremely cautious |
| workplace accidents that cause an employee to | | | | employee to the risk of suffering a serious injury. |
| require medical attention or to miss time at work can | | | | Across all fields there are some workplace accidents |
| occur even in an office environment that seems | | | | and injuries that consistently and frequently harm |
| completely safe and secure. Most Iowa workers who | | | | Iowan workers. If you have been the victim of any |
| sustain an injury in the workplace or while performing | | | | of the following ten occupational accidents or injuries |
| work-related duties off-site are entitled to receive | | | | then you may wish to file a claim for the workers' |
| workers' compensation benefits to address medical | | | | compensation benefits that you are due: |
| bills and other financial considerations incurred by the | | | | - Overexertion |
| injury. | | | | - Bodily reaction and correction in an attempt to halt |
| One of the advantages of the workers' | | | | a trip or slip and fall |
| compensation insurance system over a strict litigation | | | | - Motor vehicle accidents |
| system is that it does not require an injured worker | | | | - Falls from elevation |
| to establish that the employer or conditions in the | | | | - Falls on the same level |
| workplace played a direct role in causing the accident | | | | - Repetitive strain injuries |
| which led to injury. Though the presence of | | | | - Acts of violence |
| extraordinarily egregious negligence may make it | | | | - Being struck by a falling object |
| appropriate to consider filing a lawsuit under a | | | | - Colliding with a fixed object |
| workers' compensation waiver, it is most often | | | | - Crush injuries |
| better to seek the quick and usually uncontested | | | | For Legal Counsel |
| benefits that you are due. | | | | Your employer and the insurance company that |
| Ten Troubling Dangers | | | | issued its workers' compensation policy will both |
| The nature of the threats to worker safety that an | | | | prefer not to issue benefits if possible, so it can be |
| individual will encounter varies from job to job and | | | | very useful to consult with a skilled and experienced |
| field to field. Any professional education or training | | | | lawyer. Contact the Des Moines workers' |
| should contain some component that serves to | | | | compensation lawyers of LaMarca & Landry, P.C. |