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Work Injury – hole in the floor.
If there was a hole in the floor at work and i stepped in it and got hurt what do i doi? Is it a law suit or workers comp?
Asked on June 4, 2009 under Personal Injury, Ohio
Answers:
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
If the hole is in the floor at your employer's place of business, then it's workers compensation. If the hole was in the floor on someone else's property -- for example a customer's store, where you were delivering your company's products they'd bought -- it could be both. For reliable advice, based on all the facts of your case, you should talk to an attorney in your area. One place to find a qualified lawyer is our website, http://attorneypages.com
In workers compensation, the basic question to be answered is pretty simple: were you hurt while doing your job? There are a number of fine lawyers' points to this, of course, but if the answer is yes, it doesn't matter who was or was not to blame, you'll get compensation, and you cannot sue your employer or (usually) a co-worker. But when someone outside your employer is at least partly to blame for your injury, that person, or persons, can be sued, with a fair number of cases like that being for injuries caused by unsafe machines.
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