California Injured Worker Stories

• Spinal Injuries at Work - Worker injured at a dialysis facility.

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome After Blow To Wrist - Dispute between insurers as to who pays for comp benefits.

• Harassed At Work - Injury to psyche from harassment at work.

• Denial of Workers Comp Rights - A worker's struggle to obtain comp benefits.

• Workplace Back and Leg Injury - Fighting to get worker's compensation.

• Back Injury From Lifting At Work - Workplace injury leads to chronic pain.

• Back Injury From Loading A Vehicle - Worker told to consider a new career.

• Workplace Injury to Lower Back - A physician suffers a complicated recovery and struggles to obtain comp benefits.

• Job Injury to a Sheet Metal Worker - Injury to a worker's neck and upper back.

• Neck and Shoulder Injury On The Job - Mechanic injured while working on a vehicle.

• Back Injuries At Work - Multiple on-the-job back injuries.

• Assaulted At Work - Injured by a client in a facility for developmentally disabled adults.

• Injured Again While Recovering From a Fall - A worker suffers further injury while recovering from a job accident.

• A Constant Fight For Worker's Comp Benefits - Awarded lifetime medical care, but still fighting to get benefits.

• Fell At Work - Perceptions of misuse of retraining funds.

• Broken Vertebra After Lifting a Patient - Paramedic injured when a patient tries to jump from the gurney.

• Work Injury to Hands, Shoulders and Arms - Work-related nerve condition requiring medical care.

• Injured Back While Lifting At Work - Back injury from stocking shelves.

• Neck Injury, Lower Back and Repetitive Strain - Data entry and packaging parts take their cumulative toll.

• Construction Injury Causing a Broken Leg - Leg impaled after a ditch collapses.

• Typist Suffering From Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Serious hand symptoms from repetitive stress disorder.