At The Clore Law Group in Charleston, we often talk to workers who have suffered a repetitive lifting injury. The pressure on the back may not be immediately obvious — in fact, it usually is not. Workers who have suffered on the job because of a repetitive lifting injury often choose The Clore Law Group LLC because their employer and the insurance company question how the back injury happened. The symptoms may not have happened until the worker got home after work, or it might even have taken several incidents before the symptoms occurred. A repetitive lifting injury often take time to develop. Unlike other workers compensation injuries, there is not a fall or accident involved.
Proving a South Carolina Repetitive Lifting Injury
Proving a repetitive lifting injury can be difficult, but an experienced South Carolina workers’ compensation attorney can guide you through the process of proving the cause and the severity of your injury.
At the time, you probably did not notice what was happening to your back. Back injuries can be serious, can take time to heal and can require surgery. When the repetitive lifting injury was caused by a workplace accident, medical bills and a percentage of lost wages should be paid by workers’ compensation. Some examples of repetitive lifting injury include.
- An engineer spent the day lifting riprap for a dam project. She lifted heavy weight all day and did not notice a problem with her back. That night, she bent over and could not straighten up. The work she had done all day had gradually, bit by bit, weakened her back. The repetitive lifting injury resulted over time from the nature of the worker requirements.
- It did not seem like a problem at the time, but a worker shoveled snow off and on all day. He didn’t feel the problem until later, but the repetitive stress on his body caused a serious work-related injury. In this repetitive lifting injury example, the repetitive nature of the injury transpire in one day.
Charleston Repetitive Lifting Injury Lawyer
If work caused your injury, even the injury is not immediately obvious, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Call 843-722-8070 for a free case evaluation. You may also fill out the e-mail form on the right side of this page, and a representative from The Clore Law Group LLC will be in touch with you shortly to discuss your repetitive lifting injury workers compensation claim.
