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“When you’re hurt at work, the very first thing you need to do is make sure you get proper medical attention. Whether it’s a small injury or a major injury. Just make sure you get medical care first. Don’t worry about the law right when you get hurt, take care of yourself first. For purposes of workers comp, you then need to make sure your supervisor or employer is aware of the injury. They have to be made aware of it and then they are supposed to provide you with the appropriate medical care subsequent to the injury. After you have taken care of that, the wisest thing to do would be to contact a competent worker’s comp lawyer who knows the worker’s comp laws, who practices worker’s comp law. That attorney should be able to help you, shepherd you through the process to make sure that you have protection. That you have someone on your side. Because the insurance carriers have a team of lawyers to help them with the case. They don’t work for you. Your lawyer is to work for you. So you should contact a worker’s comp attorney to help you after you get appropriate medical care from the initial injury on.”

Darren Shoen, a workers compensation lawyer serving Virginia, is here to help give you some basic guidance when you are injured at work.  Serving Central and Southwest Virginia. Darren will be posting new blogs on a regular basis touching on topics that he receives questions on that relate to workers compensation.  Be sure to come back often to see new posts from Darren. Please note, the advice provided in this blog is general in nature and are not specific to your case.  If you have a specific question regarding your situation, please contact Darren Shoen by filling out the contact form on this site.