Disaster strikes
When you’re at work, you’re meant to be protected. Whether you work on an oil rig or high up washing windows in a skyscraper or in a safe office, it’s your employer’s responsibility to make sure that you are totally safe in your workplace. This means going the extra length in making sure that there are no hazards in the workplace, that there are no health risks involved in using any of the equipment and, in case there are, that the employees get proper training and protective gear. And it’s also the employer’s responsibility to make sure that, in case all of this fails, you are properly insured while at work.
But sometimes every caution and precautionary measure fails and you end up having an accident at work. This can as quickly happen in a cushy office as a busy construction site, a work related accident is a work related accident. And when that happens, make sure that you keep the paper trail of everything you do: all the visits to the doctor, all the medication you have to buy, all the exams you’re asked to make and all the conversations you have with the insurance agent. That way, in case something happens, you have proof to fall back to.
