Healthcare workers face demanding conditions every day. Lifting and repositioning patients, standing for long shifts, exposure risks, repetitive tasks, and workplace violence can all lead to serious injuries.
If you were hurt while working in an Anaheim hospital, clinic, medical office, nursing facility, or other healthcare setting, California Workers Injury Law Center can help you understand your rights and pursue benefits available under California workers’ compensation law.
Healthcare employees can suffer both sudden injuries and conditions that develop gradually over time.
Common claims include:
California workers’ compensation may provide benefits when a healthcare employee is injured while performing job duties.
Depending on the circumstances, benefits may include:
You may still have a claim even if your symptoms developed slowly rather than after one specific accident.
Healthcare workers often continue working through pain because they do not want to leave coworkers short-staffed or disrupt patient care.
That can make claims harder later if an insurance company questions when the injury began, whether work caused it, or whether a preexisting condition contributed to the problem.
California Workers Injury Law Center can help document your job duties, address disputes over treatment or disability, and protect your rights throughout the claims process.
Attorney Rae Sadeghian-Levin previously represented insurance carriers in workers’ compensation matters. She now uses that experience to advocate for injured healthcare employees in Anaheim and throughout Orange County.
If your healthcare job has left you injured, in pain, or unable to perform your normal duties, you do not have to handle the workers’ compensation process alone.
California Workers Injury Law Center offers free consultations and no upfront attorney fees.
Call (949) 767-4423 or complete our online form to speak with an Anaheim healthcare worker injury attorney.