Types of Injuries Covered
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Work-related injuries are not all simple slip-and-fall injuries. There are various types of injuries.
Workers’ compensation covers the following types of injuries:
- Specific physical injury;
- Cumulative physical injury;
- Specific mental injury; and
- Cumulative mental injury.
An injury is “specific” if one incident or exposure in the workplace causes a physical or1
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