Did Your Employer’s Violation of a Specific Safety Rule Cause Your Workplace Accident?
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Division of Safety and Hygiene established Specific Safety Rules to protect Ohio’s workers from unsafe work practices. If a Specific Safety Rule has been violated, the injured worker has the right to seek an additional monetary award through a VSSR (Violation of a Specific Safety Rule) Application.
Some common safety rule violations are:
- Removal or absence of a safety guard
- Failure to provide personal protective equipment such as safety helmets, eye or ear protection, foot protection or respiratory protection
- Lack of a guard railing, toe boards or other fall protection for scaffolding, roofs or floor openings
- Failure to use lock out / tag out procedures
- Providing faulty equipment
Act Quickly to Protect Your Rights
If you have been injured as a result of a safety violation in your workplace, you need to act quickly to protect your ability to obtain compensation. Because there is a two (2) year statute of limitations from the date of injury you must act quickly.
Get a Board Certified Ohio Workers’ Compensation Specialist Attorney to protect your interests
Mike Gruhin has been helping Ohio’s injured workers obtain workers’ compensation money awards and medical benefits for over 35 years. As a Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist, Mike, and his team at Gruhin & Gruhin, understand the legal and medical aspects of workplace accidents. Mike knows how to cut the bureaucratic red tape and eliminate the legal mumbo-jumbo, getting his clients all of the benefts available. Call now for your free, no obligation legal consultation.
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