Workers' Compensation systems provide benefits to those workers who suffer immediate and long-term effects of occupational exposures. The exposure may have occurred recently or have occurred many years previously. Individuals are able to seek benefits for occupational exposure to toxic substances at work including asbestos, lead, latex and many other chemicals. Among others, employees may seek benefits for: repetitive stress disorders, carpal tunnel syndrome; occupational exposure to loud noise, binaural hearing loss; cardiovascular disorders, myocardial infarctions, and hostile work environments, psychiatric and possible physical disorders.

(Reviewed 9-08)