Injuries and Accidents
"To be eligible for workers' compensation benefits, an employee must sustain an injury arising out of employment. "Injury" means mental or physical harm to an employee caused by accident or disease. Injury can be physical or mental. Physical injuries can be directly caused by an accident (trip or fall breaking arm, for example), or by accident causing precipitation, aggravation and acceleration of a pre-existing condition beyond normal progression. Physical injuries can also be caused by occupational exposure (not a single accident) and are then categorized as an occupational disease." — Tom Domer and Charles Domer, from Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Law
An injury can happen no matter what your career, from health care workers in the operating room to fork lift operators in a factory. Injuries could be caused by a slip and fall, a trip and fall, lifting and reaching, pulling and pushing, on-the-job motor vehicle injuries, fork lift injuries, machine malfunctions, lifting or catching falling patients, twisting, ladder or scaffolding falls, and any kinds of repetitive motion.
Many workers suffer a back injury, neck injury, or head injury. Types of injuries can include a herniated disk, bulging disk, lumbago (low back pain), paralysis, fractures, breaks, and sciatica or nerve route impingement -- numbness and tingling or a radiating pain through your arms and legs. Shoulder, hip, knee, ankle and wrist injuries also occur frequently.
Occupational workplace exposure or occupational neck, back, shoulder, knee, or hip injuries through repetitive motion or heavy lifting and twisting can happen to any worker. That is when you need an attorney experienced in workers' compensation law. At Domer Law, we wrote the book on Wisconsin workers' compensation law. We have helped hundreds of injured workers, and we can help you, too.
Treatments for Your Injury
The types of treatments used for typical workers' compensation back injuries or neck injuries may include epidural injections, cortisone injections and facet block injections. Diagnostic tests, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computerized tomography (CT scans), or a diskogram may reveal the need for back surgery or neck surgery: laminectomy and discectomy (removal of disc material) or a fusion (fusing spinal bones together).
If you are suffering from a workplace injury, you need a lawyer who knows these injuries and medical treatments and understands how workers' compensation law works. You need Domer Law.
Contact Us Today
If you have suffered an injury or are being treated for an injury, focus on healing not on fighting your claims. Let Domer Law help. Located in Milwaukee, we help injured workers throughout Wisconsin. Call 888-353-8384 or contact us online.
