1.	 Workers'	compensation	benefits.
2.  a) Student's choice such as: Hurting your back 
in fall.
  b) Student's choice such as: Hurting your wrist 
from doing the same motion over and over.
3.	 Self-inflicted	injuries	such	as	fighting.		Injuries	 while	worker	was	committing	a	crime.		Injuries	
when worker's actions violated company rules.
4. Texas.
5.  a) Doctor visits and treatment.
  b) Weekly money payments to you if your in -
jury	or	illness	prevents	you	from	working.
  c) Money payments to you for years if you don't 
recover	from	your	injury	or	illness
  d) Helps pay for school to learn skills.
  e) Gives funeral expense money and lump sum 
money or monthly money to spouse and depen -
dents.
6.  a) Employees are covered by workers' compen -
sation insurance but independent contractors are 
not covered.
  b) Paid hourly or monthly wages by check with 
deductions.
	 c)	Paid	for	one	job	by	check	or	cash	with	no	 deductions.
7.  To avoid paying workers compensation insur -
ance.
8.  Set up laws companies must follow to tell if 
a worker hired is an employee or independent 
contractor.
9.  Paper when you are hired, before you are 
injured,	to	request	the	right	to	see	your	own	
doctor	for	work	injury.
10.  a) Company doctor may downplay the serious -
ness	of	our	injury	or	illness	so	that	the	com -
pany's insurance will pay less money to you..
 b)  Because your own doctor is not paid by your 
employer.
11.  a) Your claim is denied.  b) When you discover 
Workers' Compensation Insurance
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the	injury.
12.  Student's opinion.
13.	 Name	and	contact	info.		 Time/date	of	injury.		
Where	injury	happened.		How	you	injured	your -
self or what made you ill.  Symptoms you are 
experiencing.
14.  a) Your State Workers Compensation.
  b) Phone number on your state's website.
	 c)	 What	do	I	need	to	do	to	get	the	right	to	see	
my	own	doctor	after	a	work-related	injury?