What To Do If You’re Injured at Work

What to Do If You're Injured at Work – Take Action Immediately

1. SEEK MEDICAL HELP RIGHT AWAY. 

Your health trumps everything else – and could worsen if you fail to seek medical attention.  Employers typically direct medical treatment in accepted claims and will often send employees to urgent care facilities or the emergency department after an accident.  If possible, ask your employer to send you to their usual medical provider.  If they refuse, get medical attention on your own as soon as possible.  Remember to inform your medical provider that your injury is work-related and explain exactly how and when your injury occurred.  The medical record from this visit may be the most important medical record in your case.

2. Notify Your Employer Immediately.  Report Your Injury in Writing within 30 days. 

As soon as safely possible after your workplace injury, report what happened to your employer.  If you can report it to your supervisor or the business owner, do so immediately on your own or through someone else.  If you cannot reach your supervisor or the owner, report your injury to a co-worker.  Do not delay medical treatment.  But report what happened to your employer as soon as you safely can.  Finally, North Carolina requires that you report your injury to your employer in writing within 30 days - do this as soon as possible after your injury.

3. Contact an Experienced North Carolina Workers' Compensation Attorney who Regularly Practices before the North Carolina Industrial Commission.

Loutit Law only handles workers' compensation cases.  The firm's extensive experience with the North Carolina Industrial Commission is unlike any other firm in North Carolina and unique in this way.  Loutit Law advises and assists clients with collecting all available workers' compensation benefits, obtaining the best medical treatment, navigating Industrial Commission rules and procedures, developing persuasive medical and factual evidence, working proactively with insurance adjusters and their attorneys, and accessing the most effective expert witnesses nationwide.

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