Repetitive Work Injuries

Workers’ compensation coverage helps protect workers when they sustain injuries on the job. If you make a successful claim, you may be able to use your compensation for treatment and other expenses while you recover and cannot go to work. Workers’ comp covers many...

Repetition builds mastery. But as in all things in life, anything excessive can be catastrophic. To some workers, this means being at risk of repetitive motion injuries. Per the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, repetitive work is the performance...

Repetitive motion injuries often happen when people perform repeated movements during everyday activities. Some of these injuries are temporary, but others can cause permanent damage to soft tissues like your muscles, tendons, nerves and ligaments. Without proper...

When we think of work injuries, we often think of physical injuries like broken bones, sprains or cuts. However, repetitive motion injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis and back pain can be just as debilitating. They can also have a significant impact on a...

If a person over-uses the areas around their joints, they may experience what doctors call a repetitive strain injury, or RSI. Repetitive strain injuries affect one’s muscles, nerves or connective tissue called tendons. These injuries develop when a person makes the...

It is natural to think that to have a legal claim for a work-related injury, the injury must be major or serious, but that it not always true. California law allows cumulative trauma claims for cumulative trauma injuries sustained in the workplace. What is cumulative...

They are many different activities that people in California do throughout their lives. Some of the activities do not involve much physical exertion, while others can be very difficult on the body. Generally, when people are hurt it is because they did something such...

Airports around the country are seeing more traffic as an increasing number of people feel safe to travel during this time of COVID-19. A boost in the number of people vaccinated for the virus has some trying to regain a sense of normalcy. And part of that normalcy...

Workplace injuries occur too often, putting the employee in a position where they suffer both pain and a loss of income. When they happen, employers and insurance companies should be there to take care of their employees; unfortunately, sometimes they can add to the...

Repetitive stress injuries can have as serious an impact on workers as other types of workplace injuries. Workers should be familiar with the different types of repetitive stress injuries and the help available to victims. Types of repetitive stress injuries...