Have you ever suffered an accident in your work area? Things like falls, broken bones, broken teeth, falling downstairs, etc., are common incidents at work and could make someone a candidate for workers’ compensation.

Regardless of what your job is, you can suffer an incident that leaves you unwell. After suffering an incident at the workplace, the worker is supposed to be compensated. However, it is quite common for employers or insurers to try to cover up, mitigate and even deny what really happened, in order not to have to respond with their duty to compensate the injured worker. If you have ever seen yourself in that type of situation, you may be interested in continuing to read this text.

According to the International Labour Organization, a work injury is a “discrete occurrence in the course of work” leading to physical or mental occupational injury. This includes an infinity of possible scenarios that you could suffer and that qualifies as a work injury. It could also include what is known as a fatal work accident, which is defined as an accident that leads to the death of a victim. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), more than 337 million accidents happen on the job each year, resulting in more than 2.3 million deaths annually. These accidents include, but are not limited to, the following examples:

• Slip and falls
• Contact with equipment or substances
• • Exposure to toxins or toxic substances
  • Contact with biohazard objects or substances
  • Contact with biohazard objects or substances
• Falls from great heights
• Machinery handling accidents
• Machinery failures
• Uncontrolled violent animals
• Electrocution

These are just a few examples of what can happen in the workplace. There are many more, of different levels of severity; from simple ankle sprains to irreparable damage, even death. That is why you should not remain silent. Contact us now.