The Rights of the Injured Worker

by The Bainbridge Firm, LLC | Feb 06, 2017 | General Information

Anyone who suffers a work-related injury in Ohio deserves to be treated fairly by BWC employees and to promptly receive the benefits to which he or she is entitled. BWC believes every employee injured at work...read more >>

Injured workers don’t need to go at it alone

by Lauren Osgood | Jan 31, 2017 | Workplace Accidents & Injuries

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is the agency responsible for providing medical and wage replacement benefits to individuals who experience work-related injuries, disease or death. In the state of Ohio, workers have the right to...read more >>

Finding and Choosing an Attorney for your Workers’ compensation Claim

by Casaundra Johnson | Jan 19, 2017 | General Information

After being injured at work, one of the many questions that injured workers often struggle with is whether it is necessary to hire an attorney to represent them in their claim.  There is no law that...read more >>

What do I do when I am injured on the job?

by The Bainbridge Firm, LLC | Jan 16, 2017 | Hearing Process

  If you are injured on the job, the first thing you should do is notify your employer. This step is critical to your pursuit of worker’s compensation benefits. By doing this you not only give...read more >>

Obesity can complicate workplace injuries, workers’ comp claims

by Andrew Bainbridge | Sep 11, 2015 | Workers' Compensation

We all know that obesity is a serious health problem, but millions of people in Ohio and throughout the U.S. struggle with this condition. It is estimated that one in three Ohio residents live with obesity,...read more >>

‘Managers told me to put mustard on it’: fast-food workers say burns are rampant, file OSHA complaints

by Kara Dolan-West | Mar 19, 2015 | In the News

More than two dozen low-wage McDonald’s workers filed health and safety complaints against the fast-food chain on Monday, alleging that understaffing and time pressures in stores have led to burns, falls and other injuries, according to...read more >>

Residual Disabilities

by Kara Dolan-West | Mar 13, 2015 | General Information

Ohio Revised Code § 4123.52 provides the Commission with continuing jurisdiction to make modifications, changes, findings, or awards if written notice of a claim relating to the specific part or parts of the body injured or...read more >>

Ohio bill would allow workers’ compensation for PTSD

by Kara Dolan-West | Mar 11, 2015 | In the News

COLUMBUS — Emergency responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder could be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits even if they don’t have physical injuries under proposed legislation being considered by an Ohio Senate panel. It would apply...read more >>

The demolition of workers’ compensation nationally

by Kara Dolan-West | Mar 04, 2015 | In the News

DENNIS WHEDBEE’S CREW WAS RUSHING to prepare an oil well for pumping on the Sweet Grass Woman lease site, a speck of dusty plains rich with crude in Mandaree, North Dakota. It was getting late that...read more >>

How chronic pain can affect your ability to work

by Andrew Bainbridge | Mar 03, 2015 | Workers' Compensation

If you’ve ever suffered a serious or catastrophic injury because of your job, then you know how long the healing process can take. It can take months or even years before you are even well enough...read more >>