Even though certain job categories are known to be more stressful than others, workers may need some extra help dealing with traumatic on-the-job events. Work trauma should be covered under your employer's workers' compensation insurance plan. However, it may be challenging to attain those benefits. Read on and find out more. 

Are You Suffering After a Traumatic Event?

If you have been impacted by a work-related experience and are now suffering from the effects, you may qualify for benefits. Your employer covers their employees with workers' compensation insurance. This form of insurance is usually known for helping those injured while at work. For example, if you and your partner are ambulance drivers, your partner might have hurt their back while lifting a patient. However, that is not the only way you are covered by workers' compensation.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

While you might naturally associate PTSD with soldiers and war, by now many people realize that you can be traumatized by an event independent of war. The symptoms of PTSD can be as varied as the events that caused them. Commonly, though, flashbacks of a traumatic event may be relived again and again, each time causing the sufferer to feel terror and extreme stress. This is a psychological injury rather than a physical one. However, it may be covered by your employer's workers' compensation plan depending on the rules in your state. Most people recognize that they have been deeply affected by a work event but may only realize the extent of the trauma later.

Some Jobs Make Workers Vulnerable

While almost any worker can experience an unexpected event while at work, it's certain jobs that seem to attract more than the usual number of traumatic events:

• Bank tellers
• Law enforcement
• Teachers
• Medical personnel
• Accident first responders
• Soldiers
• Firefighters
• Any dangerous job in which workers may be exposed to horrific job accidents

And more.

You Deserve Help

It is not generally known that workers can qualify for help using workers' compensation insurance. Don't be surprised if you experience issues with your employer. However, workers have the right to file a claim and seek help after a traumatic work-related event. If you experience problems with your employer or the workers' compensation insurer, speak to a lawyer. Workers' comp lawyers can help traumatized workers to gain the benefits they need. Speak to a lawyer to find out more and get the support you need.

Reach out to a workers' comp law firm like Gilbert, Blaszcyk & Milburn LLP to learn more about getting support after a traumatic event at work.