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Does your center seem to have more injuries lately
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<blockquote data-quote="laborer" data-source="post: 53124"><p>"Workers comp is only for injuries that happen at one time, not for the motions that you speak of. If he was an unloader and had the same motion every time in the same direction, then maybe. But if you change position, change motions, or do anything else between those motions you are claiming as repetitive, you are out of luck. Workers comp will not cover it. And even if it was a workers comp case, if it is over a year old, too bad." </p><p> </p><p>dannyboy: In my state there is a 2 year filing period unless it is a cumulative trauma injury which allows you to file within 2 years from the date of your last exposure at work. I'm not saying gman should or shouldn't be covered by workers comp but he should investigate the possibility. Are you also saying that lifting, moving and delivering packages for years and years is not repetitive motion? How about stepping in and out of a package car 300-400 times a day or pulling the hand-brake(no jokes<img src="http://browncafe.com/discus2/clipart/wink5.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />)and opening the bulkhead door 150 times a day?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="laborer, post: 53124"] "Workers comp is only for injuries that happen at one time, not for the motions that you speak of. If he was an unloader and had the same motion every time in the same direction, then maybe. But if you change position, change motions, or do anything else between those motions you are claiming as repetitive, you are out of luck. Workers comp will not cover it. And even if it was a workers comp case, if it is over a year old, too bad." dannyboy: In my state there is a 2 year filing period unless it is a cumulative trauma injury which allows you to file within 2 years from the date of your last exposure at work. I'm not saying gman should or shouldn't be covered by workers comp but he should investigate the possibility. Are you also saying that lifting, moving and delivering packages for years and years is not repetitive motion? How about stepping in and out of a package car 300-400 times a day or pulling the hand-brake(no jokes[img]http://browncafe.com/discus2/clipart/wink5.gif[/img])and opening the bulkhead door 150 times a day? [/QUOTE]
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