Warner Robins Workers' Compensation Lawyer

Hurt on the job in Warner Robins, Perry or anywhere in Houston County? Call (478) 254-2665 for a free consultation about your workers’ compensation claim.

Warner Robins Workers’ Compensation Lawyer

Houston County’s workforce is built around Robins Air Force Base, the contractors that support it, the hospital system, schools, retail and distribution, and the food processing and manufacturing plants in and around Perry. Those are jobs where people lift, climb, drive and work long shifts, and where injuries happen. Georgia’s workers’ compensation system is supposed to pay for your medical care and part of your lost wages, but claims are often delayed, doctors are limited and weekly checks stop. We help Houston County workers get the benefits the law provides, from our Macon office about 20 miles up I-75.

Robins Air Force Base Workers

If you work on Robins Air Force Base for a private contractor, your injury is usually covered by Georgia workers’ compensation through your employer, the same as any private-sector job, and we can help. Federal civilian employees are covered by a separate federal program rather than Georgia workers’ comp, and active-duty service members are covered through the military. We do not handle federal employee compensation claims, but if someone other than your employer caused your injury, such as a negligent driver, you may still have a personal injury claim we can help with.

Deadlines That Can End a Georgia Workers’ Comp Claim

• 30 days to tell your employer. Report the injury to a supervisor within 30 days of the accident (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-80). Do it in writing if you can, and keep a copy. Watch: giving notice to your employer.
• One year to file with the State Board. A claim (Form WC-14) generally must be filed with the State Board of Workers’ Compensation within one year of the injury. The deadline can be extended when the employer has paid for medical treatment or weekly benefits (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-82), but it is never safe to wait.

What Georgia Workers’ Comp Pays

• Medical care for the work injury, from a doctor on the employer’s posted panel of physicians. Choosing the right doctor from that panel matters. Watch: the authorized treating physician.
• Weekly income benefits of two-thirds of your average weekly wage, up to the state maximum, while you cannot work. For most injuries these benefits are limited to 400 weeks. How weekly payments are calculated.
• Reduced-wage benefits if you go back to lighter work at lower pay.
• Permanent impairment benefits based on a doctor’s rating once you reach maximum medical improvement.
• Lifetime benefits for injuries designated catastrophic.

Workers’ comp does not pay for pain and suffering. But if someone other than your employer caused the injury, such as a negligent driver while you were working or the maker of a defective machine, you may also have a separate personal injury claim that does.

Where Houston County Work Injuries Happen

• Aircraft maintenance, warehouse and logistics work on and around the base.
• Poultry processing and food manufacturing, with repetitive-motion injuries, cuts and slip-and-falls.
• Hospital and nursing home work, where lifting patients causes back and shoulder injuries.
• Construction and road crews working on Houston County’s growth.
• Work-related car and truck crashes on I-75, Watson Boulevard and Russell Parkway. If another driver caused the crash, you may also have a car accident claim on top of workers’ comp.

Warner Robins Workers’ Comp Questions

Do I have to see the company’s doctor?

Usually you must choose a doctor from your employer’s posted panel of physicians. Georgia law generally lets you make one change to another doctor on that panel without the insurer’s approval (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-201), and which doctor you pick can shape your whole claim.

What does it cost to hire you?

Nothing up front. Georgia law caps attorney’s fees in workers’ comp cases at 25 percent of the benefits recovered, and the State Board must approve the fee (O.C.G.A. § 34-9-108). The consultation is free.

Talk to a Warner Robins Workers’ Comp Lawyer

Call (478) 254-2665 for a free consultation.

Sessions & Fleischman, LLC – Macon Office
544 Mulberry Street, Suite 319
Macon, GA 31201
(478) 254-2665

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