While there may be plenty of rules and regulations about how the workplace must be kept safe and healthy for all workers to conduct their job, it is also up to workers to take a proactive step in monitoring one’s corner of the job area....
Physical injuries that occur while on the job, are easy to diagnose, treat, and provide a recovery program back to better health. Diseases can take longer to diagnose because many are unseen until symptoms become evident enough that the worker must go to the doctor...
We tend to think that construction sites and manufacturing plants have a propensity for accidents with heavy machinery, falling off scaffolds, or driving 18-wheelers down the highway. Yes, those accidents are there, but so are ones recorded for the retail industry. The most common claims come...
Power of Attorney Many people put aside getting the needed paperwork completed and filed that could help in situations where a person is injured so badly that the person cannot function or make important decisions. That is why having durable power of attorney documents in place...
No matter where Arizona employers get their employees from, equipment and safety training should be well developed, using trainers who make sure employees understand how equipment and tools work. While watching videos on how to work with equipment and how safety should be conducted, in-coming...
While filing your workers’ compensation claim in Arizona remains the same, the website for the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) has upgraded its information, making it much easier for you to do so. We provide you with the options for filing your claim, plus other...
We have all known difficult people in our lives, and when it comes to our personal lives, we can choose to be understanding, even when we do not agree, or simply to step away from their presence. We make those choices based on how much...
The Unknown Factors On May 31, 2019, DeWayne Craddock, 40, resigned his job in the morning, then came back in the afternoon and shot dead 11 fellow co-workers and a visiting contractor at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center where Craddock had worked for 15 years. Craddock’s...
When you are working with an Arizona employer, you may have a work-related accident or become ill from some type of contaminant located at the worksite. Personal circumstances may also present themselves whereby you have a medical emergency, such as symptoms of appendicitis, or you...
If you’ve suffered a workplace injury, you should know that three stages are recognized in Arizona in an accepted workers’ compensation claim. These stages are based on medical decisions, and may change depending upon your doctor’s and the IME (independent medical examination) report. Temporary Total Disability...