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Workers Comp Deadlines
Posted on 7/2/2010

D.C. Workers Compensation book for injured workers to be published November 2009
Posted on 10/29/2009

Politicians Working to Eliminate the Legal Age Bias For Workers
Posted on 10/8/2009

Construction site shut down after two construction workers are killed on the job
Posted on 6/3/2008

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• No injured worker should go to an IME without reading this article to learn why the "I" should stand for insurance - not independent.
• Here's what you do when you're hurt at work in D.C.
• For immediate release: Protect Your Rights: The Injured Workers Guide to D.C. Workers' Compensation, a book that is a practical guide to D.C. work injuries, written by Frank R. Kearney, will be published in November 2009.
• DC Workers Compensation Forms
• Injured Workers: File D.C. Workers Compensation Claim Forms

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• No injured worker should go to an IME without reading this article to learn why the "I" should stand for insurance - not independent. [PDF]   
  Description: An injured worker with a workers comp claim often gets a letter from the insurance adjuster or nurse case manager scheduling an "Independent Medical Exam." Learn why these insurance exams are hardly independent.
• Here's what you do when you're hurt at work in D.C. [PDF]   
  Description: What do you do when you get hurt on the job in D.C.? This short article focuses on basic workers' compensation rights for injured workers, including an injured worker's rights to medical treatment and workers compensation benefits.
• For immediate release: Protect Your Rights: The Injured Workers Guide to D.C. Workers' Compensation, a book that is a practical guide to D.C. work injuries, written by Frank R. Kearney, will be published in November 2009. [PDF]   
  Description: Workers injured on the job in D.C. are fed a constant diet of misinformation regarding their rights under workers compensation from insurance companies trying to keep their benefits down. This book, available in November 2009, sets the record straight and provides injured workers and their families the information they need to protect their rights.
• DC Workers Compensation Forms [PDF]   
  Description: If you are hurt on the job in D.C. you must file two forms with the D.C. Office of Workers Compensation to protect your rights to workers compensation benefits. Many employers don't give you these forms, but they are available here.
• Injured Workers: File D.C. Workers Compensation Claim Forms   
  Description: If you're hurt at work, your employer should give you the forms to file a D.C. workers compensation claim. Many employers don't give these forms to injured workers. You can download them here for free.
• D.C. Workers Compensation Benefit Increase   
  Description: The maximum compensation rate for employees injured or killed on the job has increased as of January 1, 2009. This cap applies to injured workers receiving temporary total disability benefits or to the families receiving death benefits after a fatal work accident. Workers receiving permanent total disability benefits and families receiving death benefits are also entitled to supplemental annual increases.
• D.C. Workers Compensation Maximum Benefit Rates [PDF]   
  Description: D.C. Workers Compensation Benefit Rates for On the Job Injuries and Death
• Derechos de los trabadores heridos (Rights of workers injured in D.C. - Spanish version) [PDF]   
  Description: Derechos de los trabadores heridos en D.C.
• Fatal work injuries and occupational diseases in DC, Virginia and Maryland   
  Description: Fatal on the job accidents in DC, Virginia and Maryland
• D.C. construction worker awarded permanent total disability workers compensation benefits [PDF]   
  Description: A construction worker who injured his back working in D.C. was awarded permanent total disability benefits following a workers compensation hearing. Permanent total disability benefits are available for life and will increase by a cost of living adjustment every year.
• Permanent Total Disability for Injured Workers   
  Description: Permanent Total Disability is available for workers hurt on the job or permanently disabled due to job related illness if the injury or disease is permanent and the injured worker cannot return to work.
• Permanent partial disability for injured workers   
  Description: Injured workers are often entitled to permanent partial disability benefits in DC, Virginia and Maryland workers compensation cases.
• Workers Compensation information - en espanol [PDF]   
  Description: Articulos informativos de accidentes laborales.
  Workers compensation information available in Spanish.
• You're hurt at work. You've heard about workers compensation. But how does it work?   
  Description: Workers compensation protects workers injured on the job. Workers compensation laws are complex and injured workers need to protect their rights to benefits.
• En Espanol - Accidentes Laborales [PDF]   
  Description: Accidentes laborales DC
  Work injuries
  Latino workers
  DC workers compensation Spanish speaking
• DC Workers' Compensation Rights [PDF]   
  Description: District of Columbia Workers Compensation Rights fact sheet published by the D.C. Office of Workers Compensation.
• Safety Reminder   
  Description: DC Workers Compensation Safety Reminder - Preventing Work Injuries
• 5 Ways to Kill your Workers Compensation Case   
  Description: Hurt at work? Avoid these 5 mistakes that will kill your workers compensation case.
• Top 10 Workplace Safety Tips   
  Description: 10 Workplace Safety Tips to help prevent workers on the job injuries and deaths.

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Workers' Compensation

After being injured in D.C. on my job, I started medical treatment with an orthopaedic surgeon for my back injury and the workers compensation insurance company approved my doctor and has been paying the medical bills.  But now the doctor doesn't seem to be helping my back injury, which is not getting any better and could be a herniated disk.  Can I change my treating doctor if I was hurt at work in D.C.? 

After an injury in D.C. when I was hurt on the job, the workers comp adjuster scheduled an FCE or functional capacity evaluation.  What is an FCE?

The insurance company denied my workers compensation claim in D.C. and I received a form  to apply for a Formal Hearing.  What can I expect at the Formal Hearing in D.C.?

I was hurt at work in D.C. and have a workers compensation claim.  What kind of hearings are available for deciding benefits in D.C. workers compensation cases?

I was hurt at work and am getting workers comp benefits but have a second job that I can't do because of my work injury.  Will that affect the amount of my workers compensation benefits?

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