Grocery Store Workplace Injuries
Grocery stores employ many people and often require these individuals to perform widely varied tasks, such as stocking, customer service, butchering, baking, and more. While grocery stores can be pleasant and exciting environments to work in, they can also be dangerous, as many workplace injuries occur in grocery stores. Fortunately for grocery store employees who are injured on the job, workers’ compensation benefits can help to ensure that your injury-related treatment is provided for and that you are not left to fend for yourself.
If you or someone you know works in a grocery store and has suffered an injury on the job, contact the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., at 610-667-7511 for a free consultation.
Common Injuries in Grocery Stores
There are countless potential ways that an employee could become injured in a grocery store. Reaching too far for an item on a shelf, climbing unsteady ladders, performing repetitive tasks, and operating dangerous or heavy machinery represent just a small portion of the possible causes of worker injury. Actions such as these may result in a number of injuries, including:
- Strains
- Sprains
- Back and spinal cord injuries
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Hernias
- Broken bones
Many of these injuries can lead to serious medical complications, which can be very expensive to treat. Fortunately, workers’ compensation benefits can cover the costs associated with recovery. These benefits may also help a worker to recoup a portion of wages lost due to time missed for the injury.
Contact Us
If you or a loved one is an employee of a grocery store and has been injured at work, contact the experienced Pennsylvania workers’ compensation lawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C., at 610-667-7511 to speak with a skilled attorney about your claim.