Workers Compensation Lawyer For the Injured Trucker

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Serious truck driver injuries involve people who love their jobs and are devastated by the loss of their lifestyle as much as their loss of income. Our Injured  trucker workers compensation lawyers  attorneys have a vast amount of legal experience assisting injured truckers

If you are a trucker and have experienced an injury call Injury Lawyers  USA today to speak to a Truckers  workers compensation lawyer.
Truck Driver Injuries Are Unique

Nonfatal injuries were serious sprains and strains, which are attributed to the fact that many truck drivers are required to unload the goods they transport. Tight schedules may mean drivers have little time to waste at delivery sites. To save time, they get right down to lifting and moving heavy items immediately upon arrival. Heavy listing after long periods of sitting can cause severe sprains and strains.

An underlying factor explaining these injuries may be the sedentary nature of the job. Drivers spend many hours sitting behind a steering wheel. Strenuous activity after hours of sitting, without time to stretch stiff muscles, may be why drivers sustain these injuries.  Some truck drivers may not be aware of proper lifting techniques, or the benefits of wearing back support gear or waist belts when lifting.  When legs are stiff it is difficult to  use specialized lifting techniques.

Sprains and strains are usually the  result of overexertion during unloading.   The back was the part of body affected in over a quarter of the truck driver’s non-fatal injury cases.

Non-fatal injuries by Type
Type  Number  Percentage
Sprains, Strains  78,360  52%
Fractures  11,017  7%
Trunk  63,409  42%
Back  42,102  28%
Repetitive motion  1,059  1%

There are several reasons why trucker injuries are different from other workers’ compensation cases.

Truckers have nontraditional wages: Truckers do not make an hourly wage — they are usually paid by the mile and tend to work for long periods of time. Careful attention must be paid when calculating a trucker’s pay, bonuses and weekly benefits.
Local health care can be an issue: Truckers usually prefer to receive health care near where they live. Because truck drivers travel extensively, when an injury occurs, disputes over which doctors the trucker may see can arise.
Truckers may have large earning capacity losses: Many truckers earn high wages. When they are permanently injured and can no longer drive, it is difficult for them to earn similar wages in other types of employment.
There may be third party claims: Truck drivers often experience car accidents and warehouse injuries involving third parties. Many times, compensation can be sought from these third parties in addition to their workers’ compensation carrier.
18 Wheel Truck accidents can cause severe injuries which may take years of rehabilitation, permanent disability and loss o
Shoulder injuries are common due to repetitive movements   and back injuries do to heavy lifting after  sitting for long periods
Truck drivers face a disproportionately high risk for fatal crash-related injuries and for serious health disorders. The 2004 fatality rate for U.S. heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers was 48.2 per 100,000 workers, approximately 11 times the rate for the general worker population. The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses estimated 63,570 non-fatal injuries among heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in 2004—the second highest number.
About two-thirds of the fatally injured truckers were involved in highway crashes, with two-thirds of those drivers being behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer truck. Other vehicles fatally struck over 200 drivers while out of their trucks; half of these occurred during hours of twilight or darkness, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Yet, almost half were fatally struck during the day.
A major difference between truck accidents and car accidents is that due to their size and weight, large trucks are more likely than cars to cause catastrophic damage or death when they are involved in accidents.  In any Florida,Georgia and thru-out the United States, 18-wheeler accidents are more likely than car accidents to involve multiple vehicles.  Even more than car accidents, trucking accidents in Florida, Georgia,North and South Carolina ,Tennessee, New York, New Jersey , Colorado and Michigan  and thru-out the U.S can have devastating consequences for those sharing the road with these large trucks.

Number of occupational injuries and illnesses involving time away from work for selected occupations, 2000 (thousands)
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Truck drivers experienced 136,100 work-related injuries and illnesses that required recuperation away from work beyond the day of the incident. Each year since 1993, truck drivers have had the highest number of such injuries and illnesses of any occupation.
The Injuries

Four most common and costly injury types in the trucking industry:

•     Slips, trips, falls
•     Strains & sprains (Musculoskeletal disorders)
•     Getting struck by or against an object
•     Motor vehicle collisions

These injuries are usually caused by:

• Loading/unloading and material handling
• Exiting the cab or trailer
• Walking around the yard, terminal or customer site
• Tarping/strapping a load

If you are a truck driver that has been injured on the job, call us today at  1 877.522.2123

On-the-job injuries for truckers  can be more frequent and severe than for people in other occupations. Spending your workday driving puts you at high risk for accidents, and loading cargo into a semi-trailer or lifting heavy cargo in and out of a Truck at the takes its toll, too. And for a truck driver , the costs associated with an injury can be devastating.

Please know that if you are a truck driver and have suffered a job-related injury, you are entitled to more than occupational accident benefits – even if you have been operating as an independent contractor.

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We have Florida Attorneys for Truckers Hurt on the Job  and ready to help you in the following counties:, Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Nassau, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington

We also have Trucker Workers Compensation  attorneys in the following Georgia counties and cities: Fulton County, DeKalb County, Atlanta GA, Sandy Springs GA, East Point GA, Redan GA, Riverdale GA, Snellville GA, Conyers GA, Covington GA, McDonough GA, Hampton GA, Lawrenceville GA, Johns Creek GA, Roswell GA, Woodstock GA, Marietta GA, Smyrna GA, Mableton GA, Douglasville GA, Buford GA, Canton, GA.
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We have North Carolina Attorneys ready to help you in the following cities and counties:, Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham, Fayetteville, Cary, Wilmington, Alamance County, Buncombe County, Cabarrus County, Cumberland County, Forsyth County, Gaston County, Guilford County, Mecklenburg County, Wake County.

We have South Carolina Trucker Workers Compensation Attorneys ready to help you in the following cities and counties:, Columbia, Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Aiken County, Anderson County, Greenville County, Horry County, Lexington County, Richland County.

We have Colorado Trucker Workers Compensation Attorneys ready to help you in the following cities and counties:, Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Adams County, Arapahoe County, Boulder County, Denver County, El Paso County, Jefferson County, Larimer County, Weld County.

We have Michigan Trucker Workers Compensation Attorneys ready to help you in the following cities and counties:, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Wayne County, Kent County, Macomb County, Eaton & Ingham County, Washtenaw County, Genesee County.

We have New York Trucker Workers Compensation  Attorneys ready to help you in the following cities and counties:, New York City, Buffalo, Erie County, Bronx County, Kings County, Queens County, Richmond County, Rochester, Monroe County, Yonkers, Westchester County.

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