by swood | Jul 20, 2021 | Injury Claims, Injury Rating, Trucker Health
Workplace Injuries: What’s Your Next Move? It’s no secret that truck driving is a highly dangerous profession. Injuries are often a result of everyday duties for thousands of truck drivers every year. It’s important to be aware of the options you have when it comes to your rights so you receive fair compensation and treatment [...] by swood | Jun 16, 2021 | Personal Injury, Health, Trucker rights
How Do Trucking Injuries Happen? Driving a truck is a dangerous job. American truckers drive billions of miles each year on dangerous highways, work with heavy equipment, and do a lot of physical labor. There are many risks taken with this profession, and work-related injuries are very common. As personal injury and workers’ compensation attorneys [...] by Charles Buchanan | Mar 8, 2012 | Accidents, ankle injuries, Benefits, foot injuries, Health, Injury Claims, knee injuries, Leg injuries, medical care, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation
In our prior post on common trucking injuries, we discussed shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries. In this post, we discuss common leg and foot injuries that prevent truckers from working. Leg and foot injuries can be debilitating and can take a truck driver months – or even years – to recover, and with certain injuries [...] by Charles Buchanan | Feb 13, 2012 | Benefits, Health, Injury Claims, medical care, Personal Injury, Trucker rights, Uncategorized, Workers Compensation
Last week, we posted "Trucking and Your Back - A Painful Combination." In that post, we highlighted how common back injuries are in the trucking industry. Back injuries account for over 37% of all musculoskeletal injuries in truck drivers. In this week's post, we share some tips, tricks, and resources to help truckers avoid these [...] by Charles Buchanan | Feb 9, 2012 | Accidents, Health, Injury Claims, medical care, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Workers Compensation
Back pain is common in our country. Over 80% of Americans have complained of back pain at some point in their lives. For truck drivers, back injuries are even more common and the pain can make it impossible to continue driving a truck. Hurt Trucker Attorneys Back Injuries The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that [...]