A "workplace injury" may take place through a sudden accident causing trauma — or it may take place over time. Injury by accident and occupational disease workers' compensation claims are both legitimate applications of the workers' comp program.
Have You Suffered an Occupational Disease Caused by Your Job?
If you claim that you suffer from an occupational disease in North Carolina, you are advised to consult with an experienced Charlotte occupational disease lawyer for advice. It can be challenging to convince workers' compensation insurers that your ailment is, in fact, directly attributed to work activities.
Examples of occupational diseases include the following:
- Repetitive Motion Injuries
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Black lung disease
- Mesothelioma
- Diseases due to exposure to toxins in the workplace
An experienced workers' compensation attorney can help determine whether you have a strong case and will be able to prove that your repetitive stress injury or other occupational disease meets the threshold of being directly attributable to work activities.
Were You Injured in a One-Time Accident on the Job?
Even in the case of a sudden accidental injury on the job, there may be gray areas that require clarification and persuasion by a lawyer on your behalf.
If you were stung by a bee — causing a severe allergic reaction — while on a company-mandated recreational outing, does that qualify as a workplace accident? If you suffered a rotator cuff injury while lifting a tire off a belt on an assembly line that had recently been accelerated, is that a qualifying workers' compensation injury? If you suffered a knee injury while transferring a resident in a nursing home from bed to chair, will that injury trigger workers' compensation payout of benefits?
The Industrial Commission's answers to some of these questions may surprise you.
Contact a North Carolina Work Injury by Accident Lawyer
The bottom line is that you are likely to need an attorney to convince the Industrial Commission to award benefits after you were injured on the job, over time or in a sudden accident.
Contact Brown, Moore & Associates, PLLC, to talk about your injury. We offer free initial consultations and preliminary case analyses. Call toll free 866-959-2586 or contact us online.








