Maison Law of Turlock helps workers who have been hurt at work by scaffolding accidents. Victims can receive severe injuries, face a stack of medical bills, and lose essential time at work.
Injured employees can sometimes rely on Workers’ Compensation, but not every worker receives the same level of support, and some victims are treated unfairly. Some victims get less for no good reason.
Go over your case with a Turlock Workers’ Compensation Lawyer to figure out how you can secure everything you need to recover and get back to work. Contact us today for a free consultation to learn more about your options that may go far beyond standard workers’ comp benefits.
Finding Out If You Need a Lawyer
As a worker in California, you always have the right to file your own Workers’ Comp claim. And if your injury only involves a minor cut or some light bruising, and you only have to miss a few days at work, you may be fine handling your case yourself.
But a fall often leaves workers dealing with much more serious injuries. The immediate jump in medical bills makes for a more complicated Workers’ Comp case. It also means victims need to fight harder to get adequate benefit checks to cover their care and receive these checks for as long as necessary.
A skilled Turlock Scaffolding Accident Workers’ Comp Attorney can help tell your story so that no part of your recovery struggle is ignored. This is often enough to earn much more in benefits.
As far as serious injuries go, cases involving these difficult challenges often lead to better outcomes with a skilled attorney handling the interactions with administrators:
- Bone fractures
- Traumatic Brain Injuries
- Internal injuries from a significant fall
- Cuts and puncture wounds
- Crush injuries
- Injuries that lead to permanent physical disabilities
If you’ve already started the Workers’ Comp process and realize that you won’t be offered enough to cover all of your recovery costs, you can still benefit from a lawyer’s help. You may also want to call a lawyer if your case is complex and requires a lot of evidence to earn what’s fair for your injury.
Talk to a lawyer if you aren’t sure how to proceed with a Workers’ Comp claim, and your employer isn’t helping you.
Schedule a Free Consultation with a Real Lawyer
It can be scary to consider filing for help from an employer and from the State of California. But if you are injured while at work, those benefits are there to protect you. You’ve put in hours and effort to help earn your employer a profit, and you shouldn’t have to beg for support when you are hurt in those duties.
Maison Law offers a free case consultation for all injured workers and their families. There’s no risk to you when finding out if you have a case and how much you could expect. There’s no obligation for our meeting, and it’s always kept confidential. Your employer won’t know that you’ve talked to a lawyer.
Determining What You’ll Be Compensated for After a Scaffolding Injury
Injured workers will be in need of substantial and long-lasting benefits to be able to afford the best care available and to be able to support their families when paychecks dry up.
They’ll need support that holds out until they can return to work. This can include help in paying the normal monthly bills that a work accident may cause them to fall behind on. It’s a
The DIR Injured Worker’s Handbook goes over all the different types of support available through a claim. This is a look at some of the support a skilled attorney would demand on your behalf:
- Medical Care. These expenses should be covered by your employer. This includes doctor visits, physical therapy, surgeon fees, medicines, equipment, and travel costs reasonably necessary to treat your injury.
- Temporary Disability Benefits. Payments if you lose wages because your injury prevents you from doing your usual job while recovering.
- Permanent Disability Benefits. Payments if you don’t recover completely and your injury causes a permanent loss of physical or mental function that a doctor can measure.
- Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits. Support for family members after a loved one has been killed in a scaffolding accident.
- Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit. A voucher to help pay for retraining or skill enhancement if you are eligible to receive permanent disability benefits, your employer doesn’t offer you work, and you don’t return to work for your employer. This benefit is available for workers injured in 2004 or later. If your injury also occurred in 2013 or later and you received a Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit, you may also be eligible for an additional, one-time payment under the Return-to-Work Supplement Program.
A Maison Law attorney would also fight to get any therapy you required to manage your pain and your emotional trauma caused by a fall, was fully covered.
Scaffolding Injury Dangers on the Job in Stanislaus County
Turlock jobs that require scaffolding support usually put workers at great heights, dependent on sometimes shaky platforms. Workers in warehouses, on construction sites, on paint projects, and those cleaning windows make use of scaffolding and raised platforms.
Workers on farms may use scaffolding to access the upper reaches of barns for repairs. Orchard workers can rely on raised platforms for picking fruit.
There’s always a risk when working high in the air, but when employers ignore safety, the hazards increase. Workers can suffer traumatic injuries and even have their lives threatened.
These are just a few of the ways workers can end up with injuries and lost time at work:
- Scaffolding improperly installed or assembled
- Scaffolding support collapse
- Objects falling from scaffolding and hitting victims below
- Scaffolding wind and weather hazards
- Electrocution
- Lack of safety training for managers and scaffolding workers
- Lack of safety equipment like guardrails, safety harnesses, and lanyards
These are all unsafe conditions that Workers’ Comp administrators need to hear about. It’s the best way to help them understand what you’ve been through and why you may require support for weeks or months as you recover.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long do I have to report my scaffolding injury and file a claim?
Workers have 30 days to inform their employers of an injury. Injured employees should alert their supervisors immediately after an accident if possible. California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation must also be alerted to an accident within a year of it happening. The employer should help in filing the right form.
Do I need a lawyer for California Workers’ Compensation if I’m not a U.S. citizen?
Yes, in some cases. Undocumented workers are eligible for support under the California Workers’ Compensation system. They do not even need a Social Security number to draw benefits. With a serious injury, a Maison Law able may be able to get them much more in support to last over their entire recovery. A lawyer is also a strong protection if an employer threatens a worker. Companies may even stoop to threats of reporting them to immigration authorities. These actions are illegal in California, and your attorney can file lawsuits against employers to the workers’ benefit.
What should I do if my employer threatens to fire me for reporting an injury and missing work?
Employers could threaten to fire you or demote you if you file a Workers’ Comp claim. This behavior is illegal. The employer can be fined, face criminal charges, and have to pay restitution to the victim. Maison Law would take legal action if a business owner or company resorted to threats or took retaliatory actions.
Contact a Turlock Workers’ Compensation Attorney
Reach out to Maison Law to set up a free, confidential consultation if you are seriously hurt in a scaffolding accident. There’s no obligation for this meeting with a real lawyer. It’s a no-risk way to find out what your case may be worth and how to hold your employer fully responsible.
Martin Gasparian, the founder of Maison Law, continues to protect workers in the Central Valley when they are hurt in unsafe working conditions. He has years of experience taking on giant insurance companies and government agencies to make sure injured people receive what they need to rebuild their lives.
