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Working as a delivery driver poses many risks, as car accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the United States.

If you’ve ever been on a construction worksite, you know how dangerous it can be. However, there are certain measures you can take to help keep yourself safe from construction workplace hazards.

Becoming injured is never favorable, but it can be even worse when your injuries are sustained at work and impact your ability to effectively do your job. Luckily, workers’ compensation benefits are granted to the majority of California employees.

California requires household employers to carry Workers’ Compensation insurance for their household employees such as nanny, senior caregivers or housekeepers working more than 52 hours per quarter (90 days).

Senate Bill 899 created a new procedure described in Labor Code Section 4062.2 to obtain medical legal reports through the Panel QME process for injuries after 1/1/05.

Temporary disability benefits are payments you receive while recovering from an industrial injury under the certification of a physician.

Catastrophic work injuries can be debilitating, and the treatment needed to recover from these injuries can be complex.

The medical legal process has evolved over the years. The Panel QME (“PQME”) process did not exist for dates of injury prior to 2005 instead medical disputes were resolved by QME’s or AME’s selected by the parties. At trial, judges were presented with medical reports from all of the medical legal evaluators, along with the primary treating physician.

About 56.7 million people — 19 percent of the population — had a disability in 2010, according to a broad definition of disability, with more than half of them reporting the disability was severe, according to a comprehensive report on this population released in July 2012 by the U.S. Census Bureau.

If you have suffered a workplace-related illness or injury, and have submitted a claim under your employer's workers' compensation insurance policy, you may decide or be required to see a Qualified Medical Evaluator ("QME").