Work Injuries
Your Santa Rosa Work Injury Attorney
The Experienced Team To Help You Get Benefits For A Workplace Injury
Workplace injuries put the injured worker at risk of damaged health, inability to work, and lost income. Families and dependents relying on are put at risk, as their survival and well-being depend on the head of the household wage earner. The inability to work and its loss of income puts hard-earned and vital assets such as homes, and cars at risk when bills and payments are not paid.
Workers’ compensation is set up for the employer to pay or provide insurance to pay medical expenses and lost wages for an employee injured on the job. The injured employee may need an experienced California workers’ compensation attorney to help get through the workers’ compensation claims process. Law Office of Richard J. Meechan serves injured workers in Mendocino, Marin, Napa, and Lake counties.
A worker coughs on a job site. Exposure to dangerous substances accounted for nearly a quarter of all California workers comp claims between 2021-2022.
Workplace Injuries: Important Information To Know
The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), labels an injury as work-related when the event or exposure in the person’s work environment caused or contributed to the resulting condition. If a pre-existing injury is significantly aggravated by an event or exposure in the person’s work environment, the injury is also regarded as work-related. According to OSHA, the work environment includes the materials or equipment used by the person in doing his or her work, as well as the location or locations where the person works or is present “as a condition of their employment.”
According to the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation 2024 Annual Report, the California private sector reported the following California nonfatal workplace accident events and exposures:
Total Claims: 170,610
Total Claims: 123,680
Total Claims: 114,270
Total Claims: 87,750
Total Claims: 18,160
A Caring Approach Led By Board Certified Specialists
We use a family-style approach to help our clients get past the workplace injury and on with their lives. We know that getting back to work is possible in some cases and others require another path. We face the bad news, and discuss what we can do about it.
Two of our lawyers are recognized by the State Bar as board-certified Workers’ Compensation Specialists. They have also completed dozens of hours of continuing education on workers’ compensation law and have a thorough understanding of the issues in your case.
Learn How We Can Help You Seek Benefits
Please contact a workers’ compensation attorney today to schedule a free consultation. To begin, please call (707) 528-4409 or send us an email. Hablamos español.