What Are Activity Prescription Forms?
Activity Prescription Forms (APFs) are forms that doctors complete to outline your physical restrictions from an industrial injury. Limits will be injury-dependent, and will determine your ability to work, functional capacities, physical restrictions, and wil...
What Is Permanent Partial Disability
Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) means you have an impairment that didn’t go away after you recovered from a workplace injury or illness. Workers’ compensation PPD awards are monetary awards for injured workers who are able to return to work and do their...
Independent Medical Exams
During the course of your workers’ comp claim, you may be required to complete an independent medical exam (IME) conducted by a doctor other than your primary provider. The purpose of this exam is for L&I to get an expert opinion regarding your medical condition. H...
Can You Sue Your Employer In Washington State?
It’s hard to know what your options are when you have a work-related injury. Although you can’t file a work-related injury lawsuit against an employer with workers’ compensation insurance in Washington, you can file a workers’ compensation cl...
As summer temperatures begin to climb across Washington state, a new set of emergency worker protection heat wave rules issued by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) are taking effect to protect workers during excessive heat warnings.
The emergency rules, developed in ...
Victims of the fatal crane collapse that killed four people at a Google job site in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood in 2019 were awarded more than $100 million by a jury on March 15.
The verdict was for cases brought by the families of a 19-year-old Seattle Pacific University student an...
If you are injured at work in Washington state, you are more than likely entitled to medical and financial workers’ compensation benefits from the state’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I).
Contracting certain types of illnesses or diseases during the course of your work may also e...
The long-term economic losses of workers with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), whose common symptoms include numbness and weakening of the hand muscles, have long been known to exceed those of workers with other musculoskeletal conditions, according to the Washington Department of Labor and Industrie...
Washington state is a surprisingly safe place to work when it comes to on-the-job fatalities, according to Business.org.
Using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the business research firm looked at the number of fatal workplace injuries per 100,000 residents aged 18 and older. Combinin...