A work-related injury can be a traumatic experience. How will you get medical treatment and who will pay for it? Will you be paid for your time off work? When a work place injury occurs, before you do anything else, you need to report it to your employer. This is also the case if you have found that you are suffering from an occupational disease. Even though your employer may file a claim with their worker's compensation insurance carrier, you or your attorney will need file a claim for compensation with the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation. Aaron Sachs and Associates Workers' Compensation Attorneys Ronald Sokol and James Randall along with paralegal Peggy Mack may be able to help through this process as well as assist with the collection of benefits.

When filing a claim for Workers' Compensation, you should be aware of your rights and benefits that you are allowed to as the injured employee. Missouri law provides three kinds of workers' compensation benefits. In general terms, those benefits are (1) Medical care to treat the injury, (2) Payment for lost wages, and (3) Compensation for permanent disability. Within each of these benefits may be time limitations and additional requirements. The process for obtaining your Missouri Workers' Compensation benefits may make you feel like you are jumping through hoops, but you don't have to go it alone. An attorney may be able to help you through many of the hurdles that arise when filing a Missouri Workers' Compensation Claim.

Those filing for Missouri Workers' Compensation may not be aware of additional benefits that they may be entitled to. This includes the Missouri Second Injury Fund. In Missouri, Second Injury Fund may provide additional compensation when a person with a previous injury has a new work injury and the two injuries put together are much more severe than either one alone. Second Injury Fund may also provide for physical rehabilitation and second job wage loss benefits.

This is just a brief overview of Missouri Workers' Compensation claims, but by no means is this a comprehensive discussion of the system. If you have been injured on the job or been diagnosed with an occupational disease and need to file a claim with the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, you can contact the Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation website at www.dolir.mo.gov/wc or contact our office via this website or by calling toll free 1-888-777-2886. You can also submit our easy-to-use Do I Have a Case? form.

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