Walk It Through: The Injury on the Loading Dock
A back hurt lifting, notice to the employer, a claim within two years, and a supervisor's threat.
A warehouse worker hurts their back lifting a pallet and keeps working.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A single workplace injury and a claim. What benefits are paid, medical disputes, and an occupational disease, which runs on its own clock, are not part of this walkthrough.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.