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People don't generally think of grocery stores as hazardous places, but they certainly can be for workers and shoppers. In fact, each year in Georgia, people get seriously injured in a wide variety of ways in grocery stores and other retail stores. If you work in a...
If you work any type of transportation job in Georgia, you know your job can be dangerous in multiple ways. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 40% of work-related fatalities involved driving, and nationwide there has been a slight increase in...
People throughout Georgia rely on medical transportation vehicles to get to and from medical checkups and treatment appointments. Often, the people who use medical transportation vehicles are disabled or elderly, and when medical transport drivers are careless,...
Imagine this scenario: As you were driving lawfully, paying attention to all the rules of the road, a car came hurtling toward you through a red light, T-boning your vehicle and landing you in the hospital. Your injuries were severe — and you have a long and costly...
In most situations, strokes and heart attacks are not directly job-related. But if your doctor is of the opinion that your job duties or job environment contributed to causing a stroke or heart attack, you may have a strong workers' compensation claim. The truth is...
A closed head injury means that the skull is still intact. There's no fracture. From the outside, the injury might not even look severe. Still, don't be be fooled. These types of injuries can be incredibly serious. If you suffer a closed head injury or any type of...
If you get injured at work or develop a work-related illness, you can file for Georgia workers' compensation benefits. However, mistakes are easy to make in the workers' comp process, and there are some things that you should do and some things that you should not do...
If you were injured because of another driver's negligence, there are some important steps that you need to take to protect yourself and your right to financial compensation. 1. Call the police, and don’t be persuaded not to You should always call the police after a...
Many people associate carpal tunnel syndrome with office work. Office employees who type for hours on end and perform other computer tasks often experience nerve pain along their forearms and hands. But did you know that carpal tunnel syndrome is actually more common...
Cuts can happen in a wide variety of job-related scenarios, and sometimes lacerations are bad enough that you need workers' compensation benefits to help you heal and get back to work. Cuts are particularly dangerous when there is a threat of infection or significant...
