Workplace Injuries
Common Work-Related Injuries
And Hidden Workers' Compensation Cases
Almost any type of injury resulting from your employment is a work-related injury. At Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, S.C. (PGU), our workers' compensation attorneys often see the following types of workplace injuries:
- Back injuries such as low back injuries and herniated disks from falls or lifting, and serious spinal cord injury from car and truck accidents (see compensation for spine injuries
- Shoulder injuries, such as rotator cuff tears, tendonitis, or bursitis from overhead work, lifting, and pushing heavy loads in front of the body, as well as from falls
- Knee and ankle injuries from slip and fall accidents, lifting, and auto accidents
- Wrist and elbow pain from carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, or ulnar nerve inflammation and slip and fall accidents
- Traumatic brain injury from serious car accidents
These types of work-related injuries are easy to identify and hard to dispute. They typically have a sudden onset and are obviously painful. But there are other, harder to identify, work-related injuries that still have the potential to be a workers' compensation claim. If you have these injuries, it's particularly important to work with an experienced Wisconsin workers' compensation lawyer who can investigate and prove your case.
Contact the Milwaukee law office of PGU for a free initial consultation with a skilled Wisconsin workers' comp lawyer.
- Asthma and bronchitis from exposure to substances in the workplace that may or may not be toxic. Even if you had asthma before, if your asthma has gotten substantially worse due to something in your workplace, you may have a claim.
- Cancer, asbestosis and mesothelioma from exposure to toxic chemicals and dangerous products (such as exposure to asbestos). The difficulty with these claims is that the exposure may have occurred decades before the illness surfaces.
- Heart attacks in high stress jobs that alternate between sedentary activity and sudden strenuous exertion
- Mental breakdowns and even suicide, in highly selective situations
If you believe you have a claim, but are uncertain, or you know you have a claim but are having difficulty getting workers' compensation to cover it, contact our law office for prompt and personal legal help.
Workers' Compensation Group: Thomas J. Flanagan, Lisa A. Bangert, Jason R. Oldenberg, David J. McCormick, Lyris Medrano, Kathleen F. Goodrich
