Walk It Through: The Injury At The Plant
A hand caught in a machine, notice in writing, two years to claim, and the last paycheck.
A line worker's hand is crushed in a machine at a packing plant.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One injury and one job. The amount of compensation, vocational rehabilitation and a third party lawsuit are not worked through here.
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.
- Notice of injuryWritten notice to the employer, as soon as practicable, stating in ordinary language the time, place and cause of a work injury. No compensation proceeding goes forward without it.
- Separated from the payrollLeaving a job for any reason. When a private employer separates an employee, the unpaid wages are due on the next regular payday or within two weeks of termination, whichever is sooner.
- Good causeA reason for leaving work that keeps a worker eligible. One who leaves voluntarily without good cause is disqualified until earning four times the weekly benefit amount in insured work.
- MisconductConduct connected with the work that disqualifies a discharged worker from benefits for the week of the discharge and the fourteen weeks after it.