While we are still struggling to cope with the devastating consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of is not limited to coronavirus exposure but also workplace accidents and injuries as most people are working from home or working much longer hours than usual.

High Work Pressure

During the first few months, the fear of the pandemic led most people to stockpile essential items and have them delivered home. To fulfill this demand surge, many manufacturers and e-commerce retailers were willing to pay overtime to their workers.

The resultant high work pressure on the factory workers, warehouse employees, truck drivers and other logistics personnel has been taking its toll on their physical and mental health, on top of concerns about the risk of getting infected.

Many workers, operating in essential products and services, were being called in to work extra shifts, much longer than their usual hours. This kind of work demand is becoming the norm in the pandemic, especially for some categories of workers.

This may lead to an increased risk of accidents and injuries, especially for factory and warehouse workers and delivery personnel. These injuries may include –

• Head and spinal injuries
• Amputation in machine accidents
• Being hit by moving or falling objects in a factory or warehouse
• Loading injuries
• Chemical and hazardous gas exposure in pharma
• Slip and fall injuries
• Injury Risk to Emergency Medical Technicians
• Body Movement / Overexertion Injuries
• Lifting, carrying, or transferring of patients may cause strains and sprains.
• Repetitive motion, awkward posture, or excessive physical strain may result in various injuries

Exposure to Hazardous Substances

One of the biggest dangers to EMTs is exposure to hazardous substances, chemicals, and respiratory secretions or blood. Even when they are using gloves, face masks and protective covering, they may still get infected by a needle stick.

Slips and Falls

Health providers and support personnel are at a high risk of slips, trips or falls. Slipping on wet floors, getting in or out of an ambulance, pulling, or pushing, and carrying or lifting medical equipment or while transferring a patient may also result in serious injuries.

Work-from-Home Injuries

Many employers have asked employees to work from home. As a result, workers have had to make changes in their house to make it suitable for work. Such modifications to their home to create a makeshift workspace may increase their risk of slip, trip, and fall injuries. In addition, excessive online work, phone calls, and video conferencing may result in posture-related injuries or carpal tunnel syndrome.

In any situation, if your injury occurred while performing work or job-related activity, you may have a valid workers’ compensation claim, even if you have been working from home at your employer’s instructions.

To protect your rights and ensure you get what you deserve, seek legal advice from a dedicated workers’ compensation lawyer, in case you or a love done are injured while carrying out work-related activity.

To learn more about Arizona workers’ compensation attorney or to consult the best workers’ compensation lawyers, call Arizona Injury Law Group at 602-346-9009 right away.