Workers’ compensation is a kind of insurance that companies have to protect themselves and their employees. Workers’ comp offers medical benefits coverage for any employees who are hurt or who suffer an illness from coming into contact with substances on the job. The coverage also helps replace a portion of the wages that the worker loses while he or she is unable to work. The laws regarding workers’ comp vary from state to state, but basically every employer is required to have some sort of workers’ comp coverage for their employees. If you are injured on the job, you should immediately notify a manager so a report can be filed. You should seek immediate medical treatment, and ask your manager if there is a specific location to which you need to go for initial treatment and care. Company Profile: Trident Seafoods Founded in 1973, Trident Seafoods is the largest seafood company in the United States. It has several fishing ships, processing plants, and has distributorship of its products. It offers smoked, canned, frozen, and ready to eat seafood products to wholesale, retail, and foodservice markets while using a variety of brand names including Lily, Sea Alaska, Tulip, Whitney, Faust, Prelate, Arctic Ice, Pubhouse, Silver Lining, Captain Jac, and several others. Because of its size and complexity, the company has thousands of employees working around the globe. You may be employed on a fishing boat, in a processing plant, as a sanitation worker, or as a computer systems analyst making sure all systems are up to par and data is safely stored away. The main product the company is known for is salmon, which is available canned, boneless, and smoked. Injured While at Work If you work for Trident Seafoods, you could suffer a serious injury on the job. You may be on a shipping boat when you experience a serious fall causing you to hit your head on the deck floor or on a railing, cutting you severely and causing brain trauma. You may fall overboard injuring your spine, suffering serious back damage. In the processing plant, you may be cut while filleting salmon, or you could suffer a crushed hand while operating the machinery that packages and cans the seafood. Carpal tunnel can cause severe pain for those in accounting or who handle data input. Truck drivers can suffer broken bones and internal injuries in crashes while transporting the product to its destination. Workers’ Comp Attorneys Workers’ compensation lawyers understand how the claims and negotiations process works. They will make sure you have access to the medical care that you need, you get compensated for your lost wages, and that you are compensated for any permanent injuries. If you need vocational retraining because you cannot return to the same job, your attorney will make sure that workers’ comp will cover that expense as well. Your attorney will make sure your interests are protected. An attorney will take a lot of the stress off you so you can focus on getting better and getting your life back to normal as quickly as you possibly can. *The content of this article serves only to provide information and should not be construed as legal advice. If you file a claim against Trident Seafoods, you may not be entitled to any compensation.
