When the Invisible Toxin Makes You Ill It is important that your workplace should be regularly cleaned and even sanitized where applicable. If there is one outcome learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, it would be that the cleaner and more sanitized your work environment is, the...
When Your Workers’ Compensation Claim is Denied If your workers’ compensation claim is denied, do not be afraid to fight back. It is common that insurance companies to look for ways to not have to pay benefits. The first thing you need to do is file...
Can I Leave the State While on Workers’ Compensation? Leaving Arizona for a Family Emergency If you are on workers’ compensation after being injured on the job, you could leave Arizona if an out-of-state family member suddenly became ill and is expected to pass away. However, if...
The Arizona Statute of Limitations When you are injured on the job, you have one year to file a claim with the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA), regarding your injuries. However, you should file your claim as soon as possible after your injury so injury documentation...
Sustaining an Injury and Diagnosis If you are injured in a workplace accident, you must fill out a Worker's compensation injury claim at once. You can do this electronically online at azica.gov here or you can print the form off from your printer and send it...
Signs of Questionable Workers Comp Scheme Workers’ compensation insurance is a very helpful program for workers to apply to when they have been injured on the job and are unable to work. Sadly, there are workers and employers who take advantage of the Workers comp system...
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...
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...
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...
Workplace Accidents and Constant Severe Pain Opioid pain medication misuse has been covered in the news often over the past 10 years. Doctors have worked to get their patients off opioid prescriptions, but it requires a slow process of weaning off these medicines and finding another...
