Injured on the Job? Our Team Can Help

Getting an injury is always a problem, but if you’re suffering from the impact of a workplace accident or other incident that’s left you home from work, it can cost you quite a lot. Employers around the country reported 2.6 million illnesses and injuries as recently as 2023,  and the effects of just one of these events can keep you from earning money and become a major financial burden.

If you’re going through issues with a workplace injury, you need to be able to manage the medical, financial, and legal problems that come with it. We can help you care for your physical health and even offer services to aid your legal woes. Let’s explore this by looking at why people often get injured at work, the cost of those injuries on your life, and what we can do to get you through it all.

If you live in the Fort Worth, Texas, area and you’re dealing with the effects of a workplace injury, Dr. Joseph Daniels and the staff at Southwest Orthopedic Associates can help.

Common reasons for work injuries

There are a lot of different things that can happen at work that can lead to injuries, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) indicates these are the most commonly violated standards that lead to them:

• Fall risk: this includes both training and the precautions in place

• Hazard safety: reducing the risk of objects, liquids, and other items that threaten health

• Ladder safety: staying safe while on a potentially dangerous tool 

• Respiratory protection: facemasks, respirators, and other instruments to protect breathing

• Hazardous energy control: safety regarding electricity or other energy sources

• Scaffolding protection: making sure scaffolding is safe before and during use

• Eye and face protection: protecting yourself from equipment and hazards to your eyes and face

• Machine guarding: making machines are safe to use, and everyone is properly trained

How those injuries affect your life

Injuries are painful, but once it’s determined that they are severe enough to require time to convalesce, things get more complicated. Rehabilitation and work-related paperwork will be frustrating, but the subsequent medical and legal expenses if this goes to court will set you back while you try to stay afloat without income.

Add to that the possibility of other problems like post-traumatic stress disorder from the injury itself and any anxiety or depression that follows as a result, and the whole experience can be draining in nearly every way possible.

What we can do to help

Our goal with your care is to relieve as much as possible the physical and emotional burden these injuries can inflict. Your health is our primary concern, but we can work with attorneys in different ways to make your life easier when injuries are related to personal or workplace incidents. This includes offering medical evaluation and court documentation, expert testimony on your medical condition, and a willingness to treat patients with a medical lien. This letter of protection makes it possible to get treated while the case is ongoing so you can recover without that burden over your head.

For help with workplace or other injuries, make an appointment with Dr. Daniels and Southwest Orthopedic Associates today.