Common Lifting Injuries at Workplace & Role of Work Injury Lawyer to Win you Compensation

There are a lot of common lifting injuries occurring daily in workplaces. Such injuries may also be categorized in to overexertion injuries, which occur at workplace because of heavy object lifting activities at work. We will know about some of the most common lifting injuries at workplace in the following arrays of the article. We will also talk about the role of work injury lawyer to win you compensation at the end of the article.

Several jobs require some sort of lifting; whether that work may involve lifting occasionally, moving heavy objects, or repeatedly lifting lighter or smaller objects. Though a worker may be able to perform these lifting tasks usually; however, sometimes there occur injuries because of the strain of the motion or because of the object that is being moved.

Lifting injuries at workplace affect a lot of workers each year and several workers become incapable of performing their duties as normally as they could perform, once they are injured with lifting injuries at workplace. About one third of all the lifting injuries at workplace are caused due to manual handling works like lifting heavy loads. Some of the most common lifting injuries at workplace include the following.

1. Muscle Strain:

   Muscle strain is one of the common lifting injuries at workplace. Muscle strain, muscle tear or muscle pull refers to damage to a muscle or its attached tendons. With sudden heavy lifting of objects or while regularly lifting objects at workplace, you can put undue pressure on muscles which may cause muscle damage or muscle strain. Some of the symptoms of muscle strain include:

   • Pain at rest.
   • Swelling, redness, bruising due to the injury.
   • Weakness of the muscle or tendons.
   • Pain while the specific muscle or the related joint is being used.
   • Inability to make use of the muscle at all.

2. Nerve Injury and Nerve Damage:

   One of the most common lifting injuries at workplace is nerve injury and nerve damage. When there is excess pressure or compression from bone, muscles, cartilage or tendons placed on a nerve, it results in nerve compression. Long term nerve compression or pressure due to any reason may cause nerve damage. Apart from this, an untreated nerve injury can cause long-term or chronic nerve damage; though proper medical attention after a nerve injury may treat the case.

3. Backaches/Injuries:

   Backaches and back injuries are one more common lifting injury at workplace which requires attention. Most of the acute back pain is caused because of the damage caused to the muscle or ligaments in the back. There are a lot of people who suffer from lower back pain from lifting weights at workplace.

4. Neck Injuries:

   Neck is a vital yet vulnerable part of the body that is especially prone to pain and injuries due to heavy lifting. Any injury that places enough of stress or pressure on the neck has potential to cause neck pain. Depending on the type of injury, one may experience neck pain and also headache, numbness in arms and legs, shoulder aches etc.

   • Disk injury can be caused by heavy lifting where there is damage to a vertebral disk that results in the nerves in the neck become irritated and may lead to pain that may travel from neck to the legs.
   • Pinched nerve injury in the neck may also be caused due to heavy lifting at workplace, which may produce a sharp shooting sensation in the neck as well as the arms.

5. Arm/Leg Injuries:

   Arm injuries and leg injuries are also common lifting injuries at workplace. There are several types of arm and leg injuries such as a SLAP tear, Achilles tendon, Patellar tendonitis, IT band syndrome etc., which may be caused because of heavy lifting.

All of these injuries can happen on the job or at workplace due to lifting heavy objects at once or due to lifting lighter objects daily. If you have suffered any such common lifting injuries at workplace then you need to talk to a work injury lawyer to win you compensation for the loss you suffered at your workplace.

Until you report about your lifting injuries at workplace and until you have filled the workers’ compensation claim form and it is returned to your employer; they are under no obligation in providing you with compensation benefits. Speaking to a work injury lawyer about your loss, your injury at workplace due to lifting works would help you greatly in getting any of the four basic compensation benefits, which include medical treatment, disability payments, permanent disability settlements, and vocational rehabilitation. Your employer is required by law to carry worker’s compensation insurance for covering employees in case they are injured at workplace. Your work injury lawyer will advise you about filling the claim form and you can get the best of the advantage or compensation benefits for your loss.

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