Filing Your Claim After a Workplace Injury If you suffer an injury while working on the job, notify your manager at once. Your manager may want to fill out a form for the employer right away unless you are going to the hospital. Even though your...
Your Reporting Hierarchy System If you find yourself in an unsafe working situation, notify your floor manager first. Some events may be sudden, such as toxic liquid spills, and these must be cleaned up at once. Notify everyone on the floor that there has been a...
The Pandemic Provided a Break from Toxic Workplaces The pandemic changed many aspects of our society when it arrived in the form of lockdowns and distancing requirements. For some, the required distancing rule meant you could not be around loved ones if they were not living...
Securing Worksites is a Priority Shootings, including mass shootings of children, have been uppermost in our minds. Whatever the solution our government may come up with in the next weeks, your employer must have an assessment done of your workplace to determine security strategies to put...
An Unlikely Claim We might all enjoy a hug now and then, right? But what if you get a surprise hug coming from behind you that you never saw coming (obviously) and your body is not prepared to be swung around or enthusiastically shaken? During such...
The Rise of Telehealth What was once a medical practice reserved for those living in rural areas without access to nearby medical assistance, the rise of telehealth care, especially for those on workers’ compensation, has proven to be a big help. When we could not leave...
Understanding What Bullying Is There is always that one person that rubs you the wrong way. It is especially difficult when that person is your boss or your manager and is the one to give you orders about what to do that day on the job....
When You Are Attacked While on the Job Animal attacks are becoming more common, even in inner-city environments. An investigator for the Alabama Department of Public Health, Jacqueline Summer Beard, 58, was following up on reports of another earlier attack by dogs on a woman in...
The Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) When you go to the home page of the ICA, you will find important information available for your use. First, this is the website where you can file your workers’ compensation claim online. At the top, you will see contact...
Working at Your Desk Often Enough Can Kill You Nobody ever talks about those employees who work long hours at their desks. If you sit for long periods of time, your muscles begin to shrink, especially if you were toned up before starting this job. Unless...
