A federal worker who suffers a job-related private injury or illness (or even families of these employees who have been lost) can seek benefits through the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA). These benefits include coverage of wages that are lost because of permanent or temporary disability. They also have death benefits for eligible survivors.
The following is a closer look at the most common leading causes of accidents among federal employees:
Injuries caused by accidents in the work setting can often be unpredictable circumstances, even for federal employees. Federal employees face the same injury risks as those in the private industry and different areas of the public sector. Those risks can be serious. For more information, please feel free to ask Dr. Jimenez, or contact us at (915) 850-0900.