Missouri Workers Compensation and Personal Injury Topics are discussed by James M. Hoffmann.
Often, the job of a lab tech imposes a higher degree of risk, particularly if their job involves handling dangerous chemicals or biomaterials. Lab technicians (or lab techs) are the people who perform hands-on work in laboratories. They may be employed in a variety of industries like healthcare, research, or even education. The duties of … Read more
An airline baggage handler may not seem to have a dangerous job, but studies on how their work can impact their health can prove otherwise. Baggage handlers spend many hours every day physically moving, carrying, lifting, or adjusting luggage of various weights. When it comes to activities that imply manually handling heavy objects, there is … Read more
You may be working in an environment that could also affect your health and lead to developing certain conditions that can require medical treatment. When you think about workplace injuries, the most common scenario that pops into one’s mind has to do with physically getting hit and suffering damage. Slip and falls, human errors, packages … Read more
Workers who are on prescription medication also have a right to workers compensation, as long as they were taking it based on a doctor’s prescription and not self-medicating. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2017 there were 952 cases of overdose death involving opioids in Missouri, leading to a 16.5 rate per … Read more
Your employer shouldn’t deny, reduce or stop workers’ compensation benefits because you are pregnant. A positive pregnancy test can send a woman down a whirlwind of emotions. You feel equally excited and terrified. A human being is growing inside you and it almost seems surreal. You realize that your life is about to change and … Read more
You will need to prove that your violation was a mistake, and not a purposeful act done to get workers compensation benefits. Many workers in Missouri have to follow a safety rule book imposed by their employer. These regulations can take on different forms, depending on the company, but they usually outline how the worker … Read more