Repetitive Trauma Work Comps

Not all injuries sustained in the workplace occur because of a specific injury or an accident on the job.

In fact, many workers sustain injuries, which are a result of repetitive trauma in the duration of months or years of doing routine movements on the job.

Thus, these cases may not involve one single event. Instead, they are more complicated, and may even require that a worker proves that the sustained injury was a result of work he or she fulfilled.

You may have a repetitive trauma injury. If you have questions in relation to your benefits, or are having these benefits refuted, immediately contact a workplace injury attorney, for an assessment of your circumstance, who can advise you of your legal rights pertaining to repetitive trauma work comps.

From warehouse work to office jobs, many kinds of jobs can be a result of repetitive trauma, also known as stress disorders.

When a motion that is similar in use is repeated, strain on muscles, and damage on tendons, skeletal and joint structures, such as the spine, can be the result.

Of all work injuries, approximately 60% are involved in some kind of repetitive trauma.

Since these kinds of injuries occur over long durations of time, generally, the damage can be quite critical, and usually cause an employee to fulfill his or her job no longer.

Types of repetitive stress disorders include the following: chronic pain; tendinitis; vision or hearing loss; nerve compression; back or spinal injuries; elbow, knee, or other injuries in the joint; and carpal, tarsal, or cubital tunnel syndrome.

A number of these kinds of injuries can require surgery, long-term physical rehabilitation, and may even result in permanent disability.

Repetitive trauma work comps can cover the necessary healthcare treatments, and provide time loss benefits for temporary partial disability or temporary total disability.

In several cases, employees may be eligible to receive for permanent disability a lump-sum.

Almost any kind of job can result in a repetitive trauma injury; namely when employers do not offer the proper safety equipment for these kinds of injuries to be prevented.

Even jobs which may be seemingly safe, such as answering phones or working at a desk, can still result in severe injuries for employees.


Typical jobs which result in repetitive stress disorders include the following: warehouse work; construction work; mechanical jobs; assembly line work; railroad workers; driving; and keyboard or computer work.

These injuries can become worse slowly over time, or immediately begin to display symptoms.

Workers may begin to notice pain subsequent to a few hours of work in the neck, limbs, or back.

Workers may begin to feel numbness or tingling in specific body areas, or begin to notice they have trouble fulfilling certain tasks.

By the time they pursue medical care for certain symptoms, often there is already critical damage.

An esteemed attorney specializing in repetitive trauma work comps can assist an employee to attain entitled compensation, which may include lost time benefits, payment of medical bills, and vocational retraining for repetitive stress disorders.

Contact us for a free consultation or call Anzalone Law Firm PLLC, at: 603.548.3797.