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What to Do After a Slip and Fall at Work

Rose Tillerson Bankson
Last updated: February 5, 2025 11:30 am
Rose Tillerson Bankson - Editor
October 21, 2022
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Around 3 million older adults seek medical help for injuries from falls. However, older adults aren’t the only ones who encounter fall injuries. Many people also report falls from work-related incidents.

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Get Medical HelpFile an Accident ReportSeek Compensation Take the Necessary Steps After a Slip and Fall at Work

If you ever slip and fall at work, you’ll need to know what to do afterward. After all, you must follow the correct steps to receive the appropriate compensation for your injuries. 

So what steps should you complete? You can find out by reading this guide.

Get Medical Help

While some injuries might not require medical help, many do. Therefore, you might need to seek medical help immediately after the slip and fall accident.

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One thing to note is that you should get medical help even if you’re unsure whether you need it. It’s always better to play it safe by getting medical help after a workplace injury.

You might want to go to a local emergency room for help or your primary physician, depending on the severity of the injuries. You might even need to call an ambulance if you have severe injuries.

File an Accident Report

Next, you must file an accident report. Every company has standard policies for reporting workplace injuries, requiring employees to complete specific steps to document the incident. 

Therefore, you must complete these steps if you get injured at work. The primary step includes completing an accident report, which asks questions about the following things:

  • Date
  • Time
  • Location
  • Details of the incident
  • Eyewitnesses

The form might also ask you to describe the immediate steps you took after the incident occurred. This documentation proves that the injuries occurred at the workplace and reveal all the details. 

In fact, you’ll need this document to recover compensation for the injuries and lost wages, if applicable. 

Seek Compensation 

Finally, you might want to seek compensation for the damages you encountered, and you can do this in several ways. 

The first step might be to file a workers compensation claim with your employer’s workers compensation insurance provider. Your employer can assist with this process if you need help.

Workers compensation is an insurance policy that protects employees if they encounter injuries from work-related accidents. However, workers comp insurance companies have the right to reject the claims.

If this occurs, you can hire a lawyer for help. For example, you might want to begin by talking to a workers compensation attorney.

This type of attorney can help you fight the insurance company to receive the benefits you deserve. However, you might also want to talk to a slip and fall lawyer, as they also assist with these types of accidents.

Take the Necessary Steps After a Slip and Fall at Work

You must complete the correct steps after a slip and fall at work if you want to protect yourself and receive the appropriate compensation. You can follow this guide to ensure that you fully protect yourself by taking the right steps.

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