Workers’ Compensation, an overview
An accident on the job can cause devastating injuries which keep you from providing for your family. Every day in Ohio, workers are injured on the job. Work accidents and job injuries including, but not limited to, slip and falls, lifting, repetitive lifting, repetitive motion injuries (carpal tunnel, etc.) car crashes, defective products, failure to follow safety rules, occupational diseases, punch press injuries, construction site accidents, tow motor accidents, amputations, and more, are just a few examples of the many ways workers sustain injuries on the job.
Ohio Workers’ Compensation statutes provide for income benefits regardless of whether the injury was due to the employer’s negligence, the worker’s negligence, or the negligence of other employees. In Ohio, workers’ compensation is a no fault system. As long as a worker does not intentionally inflict him/herself with an injury, there is coverage.
Ohio’s workers’ compensation laws provides injured workers with temporary total disability compensation when you can’t work. An injured worker will also receive medical care, therapy, and rehabilitation services. These benefits are designed to protect you until you are able to return to work and once again help to provide for your family.
In Ohio, all businesses employing three or more workers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance. You are covered by workers’ compensation from your first day on the job until your last day.
If you have been injured on the job, it is important to immediately call a board certified Ohio workers’ compensation specialist attorney. Workers’ compensation can be very confusing to an injured worker. You will need a specialist attorney to help you get through the bureaucratic red tape and the legal mumbo jumbo. There are time limits, so call now.
Mike Gruhin is a Board Certified Ohio Workers’ Compensation Specialist Attorney. There are only 152 certified specialists in the state of Ohio. And, did you know that many lawyers who take on Ohio work comp cases are NOT specialists? Choose your work comp lawyer wisely. Choose Mike Gruhin.
Benefits
In Ohio, you are entitled to bi-weekly income benefits if your injury keeps you away from work for more than seven days, until you reach maximum medical improvement (MMI). You are entitled to receive a percentage of your full weekly wage and a percentage of your average weekly wage. There are many benefits available to injured workers, but the employer and the BWC usually doesn’t tell you about everything you are entitled to receive.
Don’t guess what your rights are. Call Mike Gruhin, Board Certified Ohio Workers’ Compensation Specialist Attorney.
The Process
In order to seek the benefits you”re entitled to receive you must file a claim within tw0 years of the injury date. There are other time limits so you should consult with a Board Certified Specialist. Call Mike Gruhin to find out what your rights are and what time limits apply to your claim.
After filing your claim with the OhioBWC, your claim will begin the time frame process. The process follows this time frame.
If you or a family member has been injured on the job, give Mike Gruhin a call at (216) 861-5555 to discuss your claim or send an email to start the communication process to discuss your OhioBWC claim.
Mike has years of experience with the OhioBWC. Let his experience help you find the right doctors to assist you in your recovery from your injuries and to get you back on your feet. Mike has successfully represented Ohio’s work force throughout the state and those who were injured in the service of an Ohio employer.
Have an Ohio claim, but now live out of state? Call Mike. He has the experience to represent injured workers who now live outside of Ohio.
In the event of any type of Ohio work injury, or Ohio job accident, a Board Certified Ohio Workers’ Compensation Specialist Attorney should be contacted to advise an injured worker on all the benefits available in such an industrial accident. There are time limits, so protect yourself and call now.
Contact Mike Gruhin, Board Certified Ohio Workers’ Compensation Specialist Attorney. Find out your rights and protect yourself and your family!
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