In previous blogs, we’ve discussed disability severity classifications, catastrophic injury designations, and on-the-job fatality realities, but what encompasses the non-catastrophic injury? Non-catastrophic injuries are those which one can expect to recover from. The determining factor is not the severity,

If you were recently injured at work, you probably have a lot of questions about the workers’ compensation system—as an employee, what are my rights? What are the correct procedures for getting medical attention, filing claims, and returning to

Workers’ compensation, like any practice of law, is an ever-changing industry with new amendments to rules and regulations each year. In Georgia, the State Board of Workers’ Compensation outlines 388 rules pertaining to every aspect of workers’ compensation—from employee

Slips, trips, and falls are amongst the most common types of work-related accidents causing detrimental injuries that can displace workers from their jobs for long periods of time. It’s important that if you are injured on the job due

As an injured worker filing a workers’ compensation case, is your medical information actually private? Under Georgia law, possibly not. If you were recently hurt on the job and filed a workers’ compensation case, the last thing you would

So let’s say you just started a new office job, one with very few external hazards and limited risk with harm—you might think there’s no way you would ever get injured at work. Even if your job is almost

If the past two months are any indication, summertime in Georgia is hot. Really hot. With a continuously-warming subtropical, humid climate our peak temperatures often exceed 95-degrees with heat indexes measuring triple-digits. This extreme weather presents substantial risks for

Any travel around Atlanta confirms the city’s recent boom in development projects. Construction is everywhere and with so much—largely-outdoor—specialized manual labor and heavy machinery operation, accidents and injuries are bound to happen. Every day on the job, construction workers

Most injuries are irrefutable—whether it’s a broken bone, burn, or other bad accident, there is often a visible or otherwise tangible proof of pain. When these cases arise within a work environment, workers’ compensation covers the aftermath. But what

Workplace accidents happen in all sectors and range from construction accidents and work-related car wrecks to the general office accident. Just as the accident type varies, so too does the resulting injury. Any damage—such as chemical burns, total knee