Friday is a good day to reflect and sum up the week.
One tip to help and protect your Illinois Workers’ Compensation case is to report all your injuries as soon as possible.
This means putting in writing for your work all injuries that happened as a result of your accident.
Use your employer’s accident reports or incident forms if available.
If not, write down when your accident happened, how it happened, and what body parts were injured.
Make sure to date the report.
Make a copy for yourself.
Give the original to your supervisor or your human resources people.
You should also tell the doctor the same information, and if possible give them a copy of the report.
For instance, “On June 5, 2015 I fell on the steps at work while carrying boxes and injured my right ankle and hurt my neck.”
This will prevent the insurance company from trying to argue that you only hurt your ankle at work and not your neck. Or that you really got hurt working in your yard.
A little prevention will save you loads of trouble down the road.
Did you know that you can hire an experienced Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyer and you willing only have to pay them if they recover a settlement for you?
Make sure to contact Illinois Work Comp Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371 for a free consultation.