Home Depot Employee Accident Attorney

As an employee in California, you are fortunate to be covered by one of the country’s most robust workers comp programs. In addition, you are covered by this insurance program at no cost to you. All employers in the state are legally required to participate in workers’ compensation to ensure that any worker who is hurt while on the job can get the medical care and other assistance needed to overcome the challenges of their unfortunate incident.

While your employer is responsible for paying all of the cost of workers’ compensation coverage, they are not permitted to deny any worker access to the information or services provided by the program. In addition, it is illegal to threaten an employee who wants to use the program or has opened a claim for benefits. So, if your employer told you that you could be fired, demoted, or passed over for a raise or promotion for filing a workers’ compensation claim, please contact DTLA Law Group immediately.

Finally, as the injured worker, you need to ensure that your claim for the incident is opened with workers comp within 30 days of the injuries. If the claim is not started in that time, you will not be granted the benefits offered by the program. In many instances, the employer opens the claim. However, if they choose not to take this step, you must contact workers comp to open the claim and ensure you will get the benefits you are entitled to receive.

It is critical for an injured employee to know that, in most cases, they are not permitted to sue their employer for injury accidents that occur when they are working. Instead, the incident must be handled as a workers’ compensation claim. The program will evaluate the losses and expenses of the victim and pay them according to the program’s guidelines. However, the victim will not be permitted to seek any additional compensation from their employer unless there was gross negligence involved that caused or contributed to the workplace accident injuries.

Gross negligence is a legal term that is used when an employer displays a severe lack of attention to a safety issue. These cases are far beyond the level of a common mistake or oversight. For example, if the staff at a Home Depot store continues to report that one of the forklifts is unsafe to operate and needs repair, but the management of the store fails to have the unit serviced and repaired, causing an employee to be injuries while operating the machine, gross negligence could be considered a factor in the injury incident. In addition, if an employee is told to do something known to be unsafe but they are forced to do it and suffers an injury, gross negligence would be considered a factor in the injury incident, and the employee could have grounds for a lawsuit against Home Depot.

Many of the jobs at Home Depot are physically demanding. Staff need to be aware of safety guidelines and measures to ensure they do not get hurt or cause a patron to suffer an injury. Some of the common hazards that a Home Depot employee could face include:

• Wet floors due to spills, water leaks, damaged pipes or hoses leaking liquid on floors, damaged or missing floor mats at the store entrance
• Trip and fall hazards are common in stores with countless small inventory items that can be dropped on the floor, spilled, or fall from the shelving or displays
• Items like empty pallets, lumber, or other inventory items that are left on the floor and in walkways are common trip and fall hazards
• With shelving units reaching over 20 feet tall in some stores, there is always the potential for a poorly placed piece of merchandise to fall from an overhead shelf and cause an injury
• The tools and equipment used in Home Depot stores must be properly used only by trained staff to ensure they are not cut, crushed, shocked, or burned by improper use of these devices

When you think about an injury you might suffer while at work, the items that come to mind are typically scrapes or bruises, but nothing severe. In a perfect world, there would be only these minor injuries. However, that is not the case. Many victims of workplace Home Depot injuries face costly medical bills, extreme pain, and lengthy recovery times from these injuries:

• Shattered, broken or fractured bones
• Severe lacerations or puncture wounds that can include damage to internal organs or internal bleeding
• Damage to the soft connective tissue of joints or complete joint dislocations
• Severe contact burns, electrical burns, or electrical shock
• Back, neck, and spinal cord damage
• Injuries to the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or delicate skin on the face
• Head injuries ranging from a skull fracture or severe concussion to a life-altering traumatic brain injury or brain bleed

If you suffer an injury while working at Home Depot, seek a complete medical evaluation to ensure all injuries are properly diagnosed and treated as swiftly as possible. Then, contact DTLA Law Group if you face any challenges securing help from your employer in opening a claim with workers’ compensation.

Injured workers in California will be relieved to learn that many healthcare professionals will provide the care needed for their injuries and bill the services directly to workers’ compensation. They only gather your information and the contact details for your employer, knowing that the claim will soon be open, and allow them to bill workers comp directly. As an injured employee, this eliminates your stress related to costly medical bills as your benefits include:

• Up to $1M in medical expenses related to your workplace injuries
• If you are unable to return to work until after you have made a full recovery, the program will pay up to 66% of your regular income
• If your injuries were severe, you could qualify for temporary or permanent disability payments
• In cases where the result of your injuries will prevent you from ever returning to your current occupation, the program offers vocational training to help you prepare for a new career

After getting hurt while on the job at Home Depot, you are certain to be concerned about financial issues and hardships. The thought of paying for legal guidance and help is likely to be out of the question. But please know that when you contact our caring staff, your consolation is always free. In addition, if gross negligence is involved and you decide a lawsuit against Home Depot is the best solution for you, our team will handle the case without requiring any upfront legal fees.

We only get paid for our work and investment in preparing your lawsuit after completing the case, so you will have the compensation needed to cover your legal costs. Please also understand that you owe us nothing if DTLA Law Group fails to win your case and deliver that much-needed compensation. Suffering a workplace injury can feel overwhelming. But know that you do not need to face the challenges and legal process alone. The skilled staff at DTLA Law Group is just a call away at any time of the day or night to answer your questions and provide hope for a future without excessive medical expenses and other issues created by the injury suffered while working at Home Depot.

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