Office Workers
If you are injured in an office environment, are your injuries covered by workers' compensation? Yes.
While working in an office is far safer than at a construction site, there are still work-related injuries. You may feel pressure to not report the injury. Your employer may try to convince you that the pain will go away, or your manager might believe that your injury happened outside of work.
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If you are injured while performing your duties as an office worker, you should always report your injury as soon as possible and in the appropriate way. For help with reporting, see our important tips for injured workers.
If you have questions about your rights or about the forms you are asked to fill out, contact a Philadelphia workers' compensation lawyer at Fenner & Boles. We offer free consultations and can help you understand your rights following an injury.
Common Office Worker Injuries
With all the repetitive motions that an office worker does on a daily basis, a common injury is carpal tunnel syndrome or other repetitive strain injuries. If you feel you have pain from repetitive strain, report your injury and see a doctor. The situation may be helped by changing your workstation. In the worst cases, surgery could be required.
Our work injury law firm has handled many different office injury cases. Some examples include a fall from a broken chair, a back injury from heaving lifting, a blow from a cubicle wall that fell on a worker, and brain trauma caused by supplies falling from a high shelf. We also handle slip and fall accidents and claims for injuries caused by exposure to dangerous chemicals in an office setting.
If you have been injured at work, protect your right to workers' compensation. You are entitled to talk to an attorney about your injuries and recover for injuries that happen at work. At Fenner & Boles, we are determined and effective advocates on behalf of Pennsylvania office workers.
To talk with an experienced attorney about your office injury, contact the workers' comp lawyers at Fenner & Boles today. We offer free consultations for all injured office workers.
