Workers Compensation Law
Law which focuses on the remedies and compensation for injury to employees while on the job. While most cases involve physical injury, Workers Compensation Law also covers employees who are subjected to extreme or unusual mental or emotional stress. Such stress can be caused by poor, unsafe working conditions or by cruel or unfair treatment by the worker's supervisor. State law establishes the sum which employers must pay to workers or their dependents. If a third-party claim can be established; for instance, a defective product or system which caused an on-the-job injury, then negotiation with insurance companies may bring a larger settlement than that typically granted through Workers Compensation.

Social Security/Disability Law
The area of the law assisting those who due to a disability, require a program of public provision for the economic security and social welfare of the individual and his or her family. Social Security/Disability Law also includes Medicare. As with Workers' Compensation, pursuing third-party liability may bring in a larger settlement than SSI, depending on legal negotiation with the third-party's insurance company. Such claims, however, may need to made within two years of the injury due to statute limitations.

Such negligence can include falls due to a slippery floor, injury due to unsafe heavy equipment, industrial fires which burn and/or blind a worker. Dangerous conditions may also contribute to work-related injuries for oil rig workers, pipefitters or iron workers.