Immediate Steps to Take After an Hartford, CT Workplace Accident
- Report the injury to your employer or supervisor immediately
- Seek medical treatment promptly
- File Form 30C (Notice of Claim for Compensation) with the appropriate WCC district office and send a copy to your employer
Workers' Compensation Benefits
The idea behind workers' comp is that it doesn't matter who is at fault. Even if the injury is the employee's fault, the injured employee is still entitled to all reasonable and necessary medical treatment, including rehabilitation and prescriptions, and to temporary total disability compensation for lost wages during the time they can't work at all, which is generally 75% of their after-tax average weekly wage.The trade-off is that the employer can't be sued if the injury was their fault, which means there's no way to recover 100% of wages or get anything for pain and suffering. In addition to the basic benefits, however, an injured worker could be entitled to temporary partial disability or wage differential when they can do some work but can't return to either their previous position or to full-time work. They can also be entitled to permanent partial disability if they can go back to work but not at the position they had before.
