Spectrum is part of a brand of business under Charter Communications. Charter is a national company with more than 95,000 employees in 41 states. A large portion of the 95,000-person workforce is located in California under the Spectrum brand. Spectrum was introduced in 2014. They provide a wide range of communication services for their customers, including cable TV and internet access, as well as managed security services and mobile phone services. If you are a Spectrum employee who has been injured on the job, there are a few parts of the California worker’s compensation program you will want to know about when filing a claim for benefits.
Every job role can be different when you work for a large communications company, but they do have some key parts in common. The majority of Spectrum employees work on the front line, in contact with customers. You have an impact on the organization’s optics. You are also eligible for worker’s compensation if you get hurt at work. It doesn’t matter if you are working in an operations center or dispatching as a field engineer. If you need a Spectrum employee’s worker’s compensation lawyer, please get in touch with the team at DTLA Law Group. We are ready and able to help answer any questions you may have about work-related injuries and the benefits covered by the worker’s compensation program in California. Our primary goal is to provide you access to the information you need about worker’s compensation injuries and claims. Our legal staff is ready to schedule a free initial consultation for you with a Spectrum employee’s worker’s compensation lawyer. They will be prepared to discuss the case in person with you around the time you have available.
In that initial consultation, you will be asked to provide the Spectrum employee’s worker’s compensation lawyer with the specific details around your injury accident. They will include all the circumstances that led up to the incident, the history, if any, of the hazard that caused it, and the injuries you have sustained. DTLA Law Group will review with you how the worker’s compensation program in the State of California can be used and how best utilized to address future needs. The legal team will also discuss with you the benefits that, in our experience, will best meet your needs for the services you require. One of the most vital pieces of information we will discuss is the time limit for opening the claim.
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What Is The Time Limit For Getting A Worker’s Compensation Claim Open?
In the State of California, the time limit you have for filing your claim with worker’s compensation is 30 calendar days, and it starts on the date of the injury. Some employers have a group of internal employees who are assigned the job of getting all worker’s compensation claims opened for incidents that occur. If Spectrum doesn’t have a team like that, or they attempt to stop or discourage you when making a claim, please call DTLA Law Group immediately. We will provide you with an experienced Spectrum employee’s worker’s compensation lawyer immediately. The 30-day time limit still applies even if you are no longer employed at Spectrum after your accident. There are exceptions to the time limit, one of which is any injury resulting from cumulative trauma.
What Is Cumulative Trauma?
Cumulative trauma is typically the result of repetitive acts over a long period that cause an injury. If you are diagnosed with an injury like this, you are still eligible for treatment under worker’s compensation. Injuries of this type can include vision issues resulting from prolonged screen or monitor use, carpal tunnel syndrome from repetitive hand or wrist movements, or neck or lower back strains caused by a variety of job activities. In California, the time limit to file a claim for a diagnosed cumulative trauma injury is one year from the date of the first day of work you missed.
Are There Any Common Injury Types And Workplace Hazards For A Spectrum Employee?
Many jobs have common injuries based on what people are doing and what hazards they face on a frequent basis. Being an employee is no different than any job that requires a constant or consistent physical effort or the use of a keyboard and monitor. We have a great deal of experience providing a Spectrum employee’s worker’s compensation lawyer at DTLA Law Group, and the different injuries we have seen range from slip or trip and falls to minor electrical shocks to automobile accidents. The common injuries and hazards are:
- Broken bones from falls or trips due to wet or cluttered floors and storage areas
- Sprains causing damage to the connective tissue of joints or complete joint dislocations due to accident avoidance, falling equipment and debris, or floor hazards like cords and cables
- Back, neck, and spinal cord injuries from automobile accidents when moving from the office to customer premises or field locations for daily assignments
- Head injuries that range from a severe concussion to skull fractures due to falling from a ladder or bucket.
Other hazards can arise, and they have little or nothing at all to do with the job.
- Office equipment that may shock or burn, like a coffee pot in a breakroom or a broken hot water tank
- Any environmental issues, such as fire, flooding, or similar, due to earthquakes and hurricanes
- Being exposed to cleaning chemicals in any office or role
- Any machinery hazard, like a runaway forklift or construction machine
- Explosions and fire
- Prolonged exposure to loud noise at a damaging level
Is My Workplace Injury Going To Be Covered By Worker’s Compensation?
In general terms, the answer is yes. If you are injured while working and doing your job, then as an employee, you can expect that any injuries will be covered by the California worker’s compensation program. There are some exceptions that worker’s comp will not cover. They include examples like an employee being involved in a criminal act while sustaining injury. Another example is being under the influence of drugs or alcohol while at work. If an investigation finds your physical or mental state to be a contributing factor to the incident and injury that happened then it is unlikely that worker’s compensation will cover the injuries you received.
If you are injured while working, we recommend that you undergo a comprehensive medical examination as soon as possible after the incident. Any injury should be diagnosed and treated as quickly as possible. It is common for anyone injured to experience shock and not understand the pain they have or feel any pain at all.
Benefits Offered By The Worker’s Compensation Program
This is a short but key list of just some of the benefits that the worker’s compensation program in the State of California will provide for you if you suffer from a Spectrum workplace injury.
- The amount of $1M per single incident will cover your medical care, including hospital costs and any specialists’ doctor’s services, your prescriptions, any prescribed physical therapy for rehabilitation, and the rental of medical devices like crutches, canes, or wheelchairs.
- If you are unable to work until fully recovered, you can receive up to 66% of your regular weekly income. This is a separate amount of money from the per-incident costs above
- If you are going to experience long-term disability from the injuries, the program offers temporary long-term disability payments
- If the injuries result in you not being able to work in your job role, you are going to be eligible to receive vocational training that will help you find a different career when you can return to work
- Medical service providers will frequently work with the worker’s comp program for billing of services in workplace injury cases. If this is offered, DTLA Law Group urges you to consider this. It will save you the time waiting for payment after covering your medical bills out of pocket. Please reach out to DTLA Law Group, and our staff will be happy to provide you with additional information about the benefits available to you and how to receive them.
Can I Sue My Employer For Personal Injury When I Get Hurt At Work?
The answer is going to be no, you cannot sue your company for being injured at work under normal circumstances. Any employee who is injured at work and files a claim with worker’s compensation is legally prohibited from filing a personal injury lawsuit against their employer for the same injuries. The company’s liability level for contributing to or causing your injuries is something that can be reviewed, and it may create the opportunity for a lawsuit if they are found to have committed gross negligence leading to the cause of your injuries.
Gross negligence is legally defined as willful misconduct or a reckless disregard for the safety of others. An example of this might be when an employer decides not to fix a serious hazard that has been reported. The hazard has a high risk of injury to the staff and eventually leads to an employee being injured. If you believe that this is what happened to cause your accident, please let the Spectrum employee’s worker’s compensation lawyer know as soon as you can. A personal injury lawsuit can be filed.
Another potential example of a lawsuit being filed is if the company tries to pressure you not to file a claim or restrict your response to a workplace injury. If you suffered an injury and have questions, we will help you find the answers, including those questions about filing a lawsuit based on the liability or behavior of your company that may have contributed to or caused your injuries.
Our Clients And Upfront Costs
When you need a Spectrum employee’s worker’s compensation lawyer, DTLA Law Group will not be asking for any upfront legal fees and expenses. We will bill you only after the claim or case is over. If you do not win your worker’s comp claim or if we go to court in a lawsuit and do not win your case, you will not be billed for our services. If you have to open a worker’s compensation claim or need to open one, please do not wait to call DTLA Law Group. We are an experienced team that will help you obtain the benefits you are entitled to in the State of California under the worker’s compensation program.
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