6 Most Common Work Injuries

6 Most Common Work Injuries

It’s every employer’s responsibility to provide a safe environment for the workers and this goal
can be achieved by giving proper training and using protective gears. But still, we live in an
unpredictable world where anything can happen anytime, anywhere. You can take precautionary
measures to minimize the risk but cannot succeed in eliminating the danger 100%.

Workers receive work injuries every now and then and demand an additional protection that can
be offered in the form of workers’ compensation. Workers’ compensation is a type of financial
assistance for injured employees. From their medical bills to lost wages, everything gets covered
by this compensation. Claiming workers’ compensation can be a hard task but you can do it
effortlessly with the help of a work injury lawyer.

Here are 6 most common work injuries that are covered by the workers’ compensation and can
occur in a number of industries including manufacturing, transportation, and farming:

1. Repetitive motion injury

Constant movements such as bending of back and twisting of the wrist can cause damage to
muscles, ligaments, and tendons. This type of injury usually affects the wrists, neck, back, and
shoulders. Workers involved in continuously lifting or moving objects receive this type of injury.
The initial symptom can be just a minor pain but eventually, it becomes seriously painful.

2. Injuries from machinery

This work injury type includes all those injuries that are caused due to the malfunctioning
machinery at the workplace. When machines don’t work properly, they cause severe damage to
employees. Sometimes, workers’ carelessness gets then caught in the machine and result in
impaired limbs.

3. Transport accidents

Many workers get accidental injuries while driving loaded trucks and transportations vehicles.
Transport accidents occur due to driver’s carelessness, drinking driving and human error.
Sometimes, the mechanical problem in the vehicle also cause an accident and result in serious
injuries.

4. Workplace violence

We always hear about workplace violence due to misunderstandings between employees. This
anger among workers turns into a serious rage by involving the use of guns and other weapons.
Such a violence always results in a number of casualties.

5. Injuries from falling objects

It’s one of the most common injuries because things always fall down and the fault is of gravity!
When something drops from a shelf or ceiling right over the head of a worker, it causes head,
neck or back injury. It can be an external wound as well as an internal injury.

6. Slipping injuries

It’s pretty much common to slip on the wet floors or greasy surfaces. Although it’s much of a
falling person’s fault to walk carelessly and get the back or head banged, still if it has happened at
the workplace and caused a serious injury then workers’ compensation will cover the expense
and loss.

These all work injuries can be minor and sometimes extremely serious. In the case of latter, the
injured worker, and the respective family, both suffer a lot. In such a traumatic condition,
workers’ compensation can make things pretty stable.

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