If you are injured on the job, you have the right to receive worker’s compensation benefits, even if the incident which caused the injury was your fault. You have the right to receive disability payments while you are unable to work, the right to paid medical treatment, and the right to compensation for any permanent disability. After 30 days, you have the right to choose your own doctor. If your doctor says that your injuries prevent you from returning to your old job, you have the right to be retrained for a different job.

If your injury was caused by the negligence of someone who is neither your employer nor a co-worker, you may have two separate claims: 1) your worker’s compensation claim; and 2) a civil claim against the person who caused your injury.

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