A serious workplace injury can put your plans for the future on hold while you cope with recovering as well as sorting out how you are going to pay the bills over the next few weeks or months if you cannot return to work quickly. If you work for a major employer, like Coca Cola, you should be able to file a workers’ compensation claim. A claim is more likely to be successful if you obtain the help of a workers’ comp attorney. A successful claim can help you afford necessary medical treatment and should also pay a portion of any lost earnings. Coca Cola’s Company Profile Coca Cola is yet another American icon that has been around for as long as anyone alive today can remember. The actual recipe for the original drink was invented by a pharmacist in 1886, but the company was established in 1892 by Asa Griggs Candler. Coca Cola operates mainly as franchises with thousands of world-wide bottlers using the syrup produced in the U.S. to fill their bottles. The Coca Cola Company has its U.S. headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Its products, which are not restricted just to Coke, as many more products are produced as well, are bottled and canned by Coca-Cola Refreshments. There are 172,000 employees working for Coca Cola. Hourly Wages at Coca Cola With so many different job descriptions at Coca Cola it is hard to give an overall idea of what employees actually earn. A lot depends on the level of skill involved in the job as well as the number of hours worked, whether it is shift work and location also comes into the equation. There are a few examples listed below which provide a snapshot of hourly wages earned at Coca Cola, information which must be at hand in order to calculate the amount of compensation claimed if an employee is injured. Warehouse laborers earn on average $15.50 an hour; Forklift truck operators earn $13.19 an hour; Delivery drivers earn a average of $19.19 an hour; Truck drivers earn $22.27 an hour on average; Maintenance mechanics earn $23.86 on average. All these figures were made available by payscale.com and were updated as of May 2017. How an Hourly Wage is Used to Calculate Workers’ Comp. Workers’ compensation covers the basic economic needs of an injured or sick worker. That basically translates into a component for medical costs and another component for any earnings that may be lost as a result of not being able to return to the job. This is a percentage of the normal amount that would have been earned and tends to be around two thirds of that figure. A delivery driver working at Coca Cola, for instance, who is involved in a vehicle accident and is hospitalized, should expect to obtain two thirds of $19.19 for every hour that he or she might have worked if there had been no accident, i.e. $12.85 an hour. How an Experienced Workers’ Comp. Attorney Can Assist You It can be tough trying to get what you think you should deserve in workers’ comp. after a workplace accident. You have to get the documentation just right or there is a chance that your claim might be rejected. Evidence and witnesses are useful and so is the assistance from an experienced workers’ comp. attorney. An attorney can assess your injury and advise you on what to claim, how to go about doing it and negotiate with your employer and their insurer on your behalf. *The content of this article serves only to provide information and should not be construed as legal advice. If you file a claim against Coca Cola, or any other company, you may not be entitled to any compensation.
