Work Related Injuries

DOI: 1/23/2015. The patient is a 53-year-old male unit masonry employee who sustained a work-related injury when he fell approximately 12 feet off scaffold. Per the adjuster, knees are not accepted for this claim. Per IME dated 09/18/15 by Dr. Philip D’Ambrosio, it was opined that there is no further treatment required for the cervical spine, lumbar spine, or right hip. He is at maximum medical improvement for the neck, back and right hip. Per medical report dated 12/23/15 by Dr. Ajay Kiri, the

DOI: 9/4/2014. The patient is a 51-year old male paint maker who sustained a work-related injury when he missed a step on a platform and fell, jarring his back. As per OMNI entry, he was diagnosed with lumbar sprain and lumbosacral disc degeneration. Based on the medical report dated 03/31/16 by Dr. Schonwald, the patient reports pain in his low back, left lower extremity, right lower extremity, as well as in his left hand that originates at his left elbow and to his fingertips. The patient was

DOI: 2/5/2015. The patient is a 46-year-old female labeling project coordinator who sustained a work-related injury to her bilateral wrists, forearms and upper back due to lifting storage bins. As per OMNI, the patient was diagnosed with bilateral shoulder pain, bilateral shoulder subacromial bursitis, bilateral shoulder tendinosis, left elbow pain and numbness. The patient underwent left shoulder labral repair and subacromial decompression on 3/23/16. Based on the progress report dated 09/21/16

Surprisingly, work related injuries are a common occurrence. Certainly, this is true for the worker involved with dangerous occupations. Work related injuries happen to people that are in occupations that do not normally expose them to danger too. The important fact is that a state's worker's compensation laws protect workers that are injured on the job. In other words, the employer is responsible for any type of injuries suffered by their employee, while they were on the job. For example, a dock

Work-related injuries among sonographers is a very common occurrence. In fact, by 2008 90% of North American sonographers reported an incidence of a musculoskeletal injury (Coffin, 2014). Carolyn T. Coffin’s journal article entitled “Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in sonographers: a review of causes and types of injury and best practices for reducing injury risk” was obtained online and educates sonographers of the many different injuries that could occur on the job and how to prevent them

and aim at improving the overall health of injured workers, restructuring the current workplace where the injury occurs, proving modified work for injured workers, and recommending them to have regular exams and screening tests or surveillance systems done. Clinicians, care management support, and return-to-work coordinators also play a very important role in workers’ return-to-work and re-injury prevention. Efforts need to be revisited with incentives provided so that reduced costs for workers’ compensation

Subject: Injury Incident Report November 4, 2016 The purpose of the report: On November 4, 2016, at approximately 1430 there was a work-related injury in the mail room. Mr. Thomas Cole is a postal clerk at Morehead City Post Office and while lifting a heavy basket of outgoing mail located in the mail room he fell onto the tile floor face first and suffered a laceration to his chin. EMS was called to the scene at 1445 and Mr. Cole was taken to the emergency room and received 8 stitches on chin.

DOI: 9/30/1997. The patient is a 50-year-old female reservation clerk who sustained a work-related injury to her back and bilateral lower extremities when she tripped and fell. Based on the medical report dated 03/29/16 by Dr. Riley, the patient complains of increased pain to both heels, left greater than the right. She states that the pain is most severe with the 1st step in the morning or after periods of rest. She is requesting new custom orthotics, as her existing pair have become very worn

DOI: 12/18/2015. The patient is a 60-year-old male quality control manager who sustained a work-related injury when he fell from a 6-feet scaffold when he stepped on an unsecured board. Patient underwent open reduction and internal fixation on 1/8/2016. Per the medical report dated 02/24/16, the patient had some left knee pain and swelling. On examination, there was some mild swelling along the anterior proximal tibia. He can flex to about 110 degrees and extend to 10 degrees. Of note, X-rays demonstrated

DOI: 2/14/2011. The patient is a 52-year-old female clinical nurse who sustained a work-related injury to her low back from carrying a baby to the mother. As per the medical report dated 8/13/15, the patient complained of pain in her back. She has had two prior surgeries on her back, a laminectomy/discectomy in 1996, and an instrumented fusion, single level, in 2012. She reports that the surgery helped but she still has ongoing sciatica. Her medications include Percocet, Ibuprofen, Neurontin, Norco