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In the first part of this post, we began discussing the issue of workers’ compensation for police officers and other frontline responders who experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after an especially violent event. If an officer is suffering from PTSD due to a violent incident that happened on the job, shouldn’t work comp be available…

Physical impairments are typically easier to see than mental ones. Indeed, an aversion to dealing with issues of mental health is a significant national problem in the U.S. The horrific shootings in Aurora, Colorado, and Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012 were terrible reminders once again of the trauma that unresolved mental illnesses can inflict. But what…

Let’s continue the discussion we began last week of the concept of maximum medical improvement (MMI) in Colorado workers’ compensation cases. MMI involves a formal determination that no additional medical treatment is reasonably likely to produce further improvement in someone’s medical condition after a work injury. In this part of the post, we will elaborate…

Healthcare workers face all sorts of hazards on the job. As we noted in the first part of this post, these hazards range from needlesticks (and possible hepatitis exposure) to back pain from lifting patients who are unable to get up (or into) bed on their own. In this part of the post, let’s dig…

If you have been injured at work, getting prompt and effective medical treatment is vitally important. Keep in mind, however, that the tradeoffs involved in the workers’ compensation system include certain limitations on your choice of doctor. In this post, we will inform you about some of the limitations. In Colorado, the workers’ compensation statute…

As the winter months continue, we also continue our informal series on snow-related workplace hazards. Previously we’ve discussed some of the dangers that ski resort workers can face while on the slopes as well as hazards associated with snow removal. But snow-related work accidents can affect employees who are indoors as well. In central Colorado,…