Sacramento Extension Cord Trip And Fall At Work Lawyer 

The State of California, with approximately 38 million residents and 19 million workers, leads the nation in both categories, population-wise. When you have that many employees, it is not a surprise to learn that the California worker’s compensation claims also top the leaderboard with more than 650,000 claims each year. The math works out to show that a little more than 3% of the state’s workforce is injured on the job annually. A common and frequent workplace injury, according to the data collected from worker’s compensation, is trip and fall-related. Approximately 66,000 claims are filed in categories that capture this injury as a cause in 2023, totaling slightly less than 10% of all the worker’s compensation claims made that year. There are two classifications: the trip and fall injuries are accounted for. They are “Fall, Slip, Trip, Not Otherwise Classified” and “on the same level”. When you get injured in an accident at work, please contact the team at the Normandie Law Firm for assistance when you have questions about worker’s comp in California. We will assign a Sacramento extension cord trip and fall at work lawyer to assist you with your questions and claim process. We have a highly experienced legal team who have been helping California residents handle many different worker’s compensation challenges.

What is unique about trip and fall injuries is that it is one of the few hazards that span many different industries and job roles. When you factor in the high volume of extension cord use in offices, construction sites, retail stores of all kinds, lawn maintenance and landscaping, and even in places like convention centers and trade shows, you might wonder how many times people trip and fall and don’t report an accident. Then you factor in the types of injuries that people are going to get from falling to the ground, and then think of all the different types of surfaces and objects you might fall onto, and you realize that just about any injury is possible. The only unknown is how severe the injury is going to be. If you need to file a worker’s compensation claim, please call the team at Normandie Law Firm. We are ready and willing to share the knowledge and years of experience we have dealing with workplace injuries and the worker’s comp insurance program here in California.

Our team is ready to take your call day or night, every day of the week. Our interest is to get you the information you need as soon as you need it. When you contact the Normandie Law Firm, we promise to be ready to respond to questions about anything you have questions about or simply do not know. If your call to our legal staff doesn’t give you the answers you are looking for, we will schedule a free initial consultation for you with a Sacramento extension cord trip and fall at work lawyer. We will get this on your schedule as soon as possible.

There are a number of things we will be focused on during that first meeting.  We will ask you to share with us some specific details about the accident and your injury, as well as what you know about the hazard that caused the accident. Any additional information you want us to know regarding the accident is also appreciated. Once all of that information gets reviewed, we can proceed to going over how the worker’s compensation program works, and telling you about the benefits available to you. This includes how worker’s comp is going to cover the medical bills, offers short-term disability based on your current income, and the importance of keeping receipts for every expense. If you have not completed filing the claim yet, the next step is reviewing the limited amount of time you have in order to complete the claim filing process with worker’s compensation.

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What Is The Time Limit To File A Claim With Worker’s Compensation?
Thirty days is the time limit to file a claim with the worker’s compensation, and it starts on the date of the accident and your injury. If you do not get your claim filed in that window, your claim will likely be denied. There are a couple of exceptions to the standard time limit, and one of them is for any injury related to and diagnosed as due to cumulative trauma.

What Does Cumulative Trauma As Related To A Worker’s Compensation Injury Mean?
Cumulative Trauma is a diagnosis for an injury that appears after what is usually a long period of time, caused by tasks that cause some small amounts of wear and tear on your body. The accumulation of the damage manifests itself as a treatable injury. The tasks may be almost entirely benign, such as typing on a keyboard or performing other small motor function tasks like assembly work, which can still cause arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome. It could be working in a consistently loud environment; despite using hearing protection every day, it eventually leads to a level of hearing loss over time. The accumulation of the trauma creates sufficient pain or discomfort that you seek treatment. Based on this factor, a cumulative trauma injury has a 1-year time limit to file instead of the 30-day time limit. The other difference is that the time limit doesn’t begin on the day the injury began, but starts on the 1st day you seek treatment for the injury. The cumulative trauma diagnosis needs to come from a medical professional.

The Common Injuries From Trip And Fall Incidents At Work
As discussed earlier, trip and fall injuries occur across many different industries and generally are job agnostic. As such, the injury types are relatively consistent, regardless of the other variables. What the Normandie sees varies, depending on the severity of the injury itself. The common injuries that our clients experience most often are listed below, and they include:

• Fractures and broken bones caused by limbs impacting the surfaces or materials that are worked on frequently, with harder surfaces like concrete and rock doing the most damage, with falls from height just behind
• Sprains that may cause extreme damage to the connective tissue of joints and can possibly lead to complete joint dislocations, the impact of which is often worse than a clean break of bones
• Back and neck injuries that also include muscle strains and pinched nerves, caused by a sudden or abrupt stop from hitting the ground or falling onto an object in the area, like a chair or table in an outdoor eating area, a pallet in a warehouse, or a counter in a kitchen or breakroom
• Head injuries, from minor concussions to skull fractures, are caused by a hard or rapid fall and a failure or inability to raise your hands and arms to break the fall in some manner and lessen the impact

Are There Injuries That Will Not Be Covered By Worker’s Compensation Insurance?
In general terms, any injury will usually be covered by the worker’s compensation program. There are no kinds or types of injuries that are not paid. However, claims can be denied, but they are not injury-focused reasons. The information after an investigation that shows the accident happened due to the actions or behavior of the employee is usually the primary reason. Often times this information comes from the employer if they contest the claim as not being work related. Denial of benefits should not occur due to mistakes or accidents, but usually means that the accident was in part or in total attributed to the inappropriate conduct of an employee. If, for example, the employee was operating a vehicle and is found to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, injuries from a resulting accident would be covered. Another example would be if an employee attempted self-harm. Under circumstances like these, the claim is usually going to be denied. Any denied claim can be appealed as well.

The Key Benefits Provided By The Worker’s Compensation Insurance Program
Below is a short list of benefits that are designed to cover the majority of the needs of injured employees. Every person who is covered by worker’s comp insurance is eligible to receive these injury benefits that include, but are not limited to, the following:

• A total of 1 million dollars per injury incident, paying for your medical care at both hospital and doctor’s bills, the cost of your prescriptions, prescribed physical therapy and rehabilitation, any rental or purchase costs of required medical equipment like canes, crutches, or a wheelchair, and any other medical treatment-related expenses
• If you are unable to return to work until you are fully recovered from your injuries, you will receive up to 66% of your regular income for a maximum period of 104 weeks, up to an amount equal to the maximum weekly payout amount
• If you suffer from long-term limitations or disabilities related to your injury, the program provides long-term disability payments, including lifetime benefits when applicable, the value of which is based on your disability rating
• If your injuries stop you from going back to work in the role you had before you were injured, you will be entitled to free vocational training in a different career or role once you are cleared to return to work by medical professionals

My Company Tells Me I Cannot Sue Them For My Accident
This is not completely accurate. You can sue your employer after an accident at work, but only under specific circumstances. They are correct in that you are normally not allowed to sue them for any injuries at work under normal conditions. When it comes to workplace accidents, worker’s compensation is an exclusive remedy for the sustained injuries directly related to the accident. Worker’s comp insurance is no fault and it assumes liability, allowing insurance to immediately cover the injuries and award benefits.

The specific circumstances mentioned above that would allow the filing of a personal injury lawsuit involve what is called gross negligence. If there is a possibility that your employer committed gross negligence, we recommend you tell your Sacramento extension cord trip and fall at work lawyer as soon as you find out. They will review with you what rises to the level of gross negligence and how it can be proven in court. The lawsuit may also introduce an opportunity to negotiate a settlement, which Normandie Law Firm can assist you with. The legal definition of gross negligence in California is willful misconduct or reckless disregard for the safety of others. A basic example of this behavior would be the company refusing to address a safety concern to its employees despite the risk of injury. To win this suit, we need to prove they acted in this manner and their actions caused the accident resulting in your injury.

Are There Any Upfront Costs To Get Help From Normandie Law Firm?
When you hire a Sacramento extension cord trip and fall at work lawyer, you will not be asked to provide upfront legal fees before the Normandie Law Firm agrees to represent you. If we do not win your case, Normandie Law Firm will not charge you for representation. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Normandie Law Firm with the questions you have about projected costs to represent you when you are filing a claim with the worker’s compensation program in the State of California.

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