Do's for Injured Workers: Secure Contact Info For Witnesses Interviewer: So what's the next thing that an injured worker should do? Mr. Ramsay: The next thing you should do is secure contact information for witnesses that may have seen your accident. Anyone that you work with, coworkers, see if they can write something down for you. Just say, “I know you saw this happen, and saw the circumstances of my injury. Could you report that me, the injured worker, was doing so-and-so work activity and then complained of back pain (or shoulder pain or ankle pain or hand pain, etc)”. You always want to secure people that might support you. The reason why is quite simple. The more people that saw the accident, the more chances that it's going to be a claim that's accepted; more chances that the insurance company will send you to a doctor for treatment and pay for it; more chances that you will receive the income benefit should you have to miss work. This is information that is typically going to be placed on your incident report which brings us right back to why you want to have an incident report in the first place - You want to identify those people that would provide you information and provided the insurance company information to give them a reason to accept your claim and provide you the treatment that you need. It doesn't have to be a formal statement by someone as a witness you work with them (or your friends at work), but try to get something in writing and see if they'll agree to sign it. Let them know it won't affect their jobs initially. You'll only use it if absolutely necessary. But it's very good to have it while the information is current in their head - especially right after the accident so they can accurately represent what they saw versus asking them to make a statement some two to three weeks, or even two to three months, later. It's very important to secure the contact information for those witnesses and see if they'll provide you with a statement.

1. Do's for Injured
Workers: Secure
Contact Info For
Witnesses
Attorney Andre’ C. Ramsay

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3. Andre’ Ramsay
Attorney Andre’ C. Ramsay
joined The Cochran Firm Atlanta
in 2016. He previously worked
as an Associate Attorney at a
fast-paced North Atlanta law
firm specializing in the practice
areas of Workers’
Compensation, Personal Injury,
and Social Security Disability.
Mr. Ramsay aggressively
represents many injured workers
in acquiring all income and
medical benefits available to
them to the full extent of the law.

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5. Do's for Injured Workers:
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6. Secure contact information for
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7. Ask if they can write something down
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8. The more witnesses, the more
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claim that's accepted
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9. More chances that the insurance
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10. More chances that you will receive the
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