Should I File an Ohio Workers' Comp Claim After Getting Hurt on the Job?

What we have in Ohio is a statute that says if you get hurt on the job doing your job duties, then you are supposed to receive workers compensation benefits. Those benefits include temporary total disability. That's basically replacing your income, because that's what that is, is income replacement, and paying for your medical bills. The goal is always to get you back to work, and we try to get you back to work within the parameters of that system, and understanding that system is very, very important. If I can teach somebody a lesson, it's it's okay to fill out the incident report. It's okay to be, quote, that person, unquote. I know so many injured workers are so worried that employers are going to retaliate against them if they make a claim because their premiums are going to go up. Well, that's not necessarily true. It depends on how serious the injury is. If it's a lost time claim versus you're able to keep working and just go to the doctor. If you happen to be hurt and be off of work, well, then you deserve under our system to be compensated and have some income coming in while you're off work.