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The Role of Workers’ Compensation After a Trucking Accident

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Key Takeaways

  • Workers’ compensation may provide medical and wage-related benefits when a trucking accident occurs in the course of employment.
  • A pre-existing medical condition does not automatically prevent a worker from receiving benefits when a workplace accident aggravates that condition.
  • A trucking crash may also create a separate third-party claim when someone other than the employer or a coworker contributed to the accident.
  • Prompt medical care, accurate reporting, and thorough documentation can be important when establishing the connection between an accident and an injury.
  • Workers should understand the difference between workers’ compensation benefits and potential third-party personal injury claims before deciding how to proceed.
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Ways Trucking Companies Can Prevent Large Trucking Accidents

According to the latest data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there were 4,311 large trucks and buses involved in fatal accidents in 2015. This is an 8 percent year-over-year increase. There were 88,000 large trucks involved in injury crashes.

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Any collision with a large truck is a serious one for other drivers. Data reported by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows most fatalities in large trucks in 2016 were those in passenger vehicles, or 66 percent. Of the remaining deaths, 16 percent were pedestrians, bicyclists or motorcyclists, while only 17 percent were the truck occupants.

Trucking accidents are bad for business, they’re bad for your employees, they’re bad for other vehicle passengers, and they’re bad for your reputation.…

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