Healthcare Industry – Traffic Accidents from Home Healthcare Workers
When sick or injured people need extra assistance in their own homes, your home healthcare clients come to the rescue! Through their role, home healthcare workers travel to patient’s personal residences to assist with tasks like administering medications, oxygen therapy, and personal hygiene tasks. To do this important work, your home healthcare clients may spend many driving to help their patients. Unfortunately, this puts them at an increased risk of traffic accidents.
For your home healthcare clients, traffic accidents can have a wide variety of causes. Even when your clients are driving safely, they can still be affected by hazards such as:
- Drunk or distracted drivers
- Driver fatigue
- Reckless drivers
- Debris or other obstacles in the road
- Weather hazards, like rain or ice
If they are involved in a traffic accident, home healthcare workers can suffer injuries that range from mild to life-threatening. Some of the most common traffic accident injuries include:
- Broken bones
- Soft tissue injuries, like whiplash
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs)
- Back and neck injuries
- Spinal cord injuries, including paralysis
In some cases, a traffic accident injury like paralysis or a TBI can be fatal or lead to life-long complications. Even with minor injuries, car accidents can also lead to mental health issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or anxiety around driving.
With traffic accident risks like these, your home healthcare clients need strong Workers’ Compensation options. At PEO Insurance Brokers Network, we know the unique challenges of the healthcare industry and are ready to help your clients find the Workers’ Compensation coverage they need to navigate traffic accident risks like these. We provide Workers’ Compensation coverage to businesses in need, no matter the risk, and will help you find the best PEO coverage and savings for your clients in healthcare and other high-risk industries.
To learn how we can help you find coverage for your healthcare industry and other healthcare industry clients, please reach out to receive a quote.
