As a business owner, you will eventually have an employee file a claim for workers' compensation. In fact, the bigger your business is, the more common it will be. However, not every claim of workplace injury will be legitimate. You may have suspicious of a particular case of workplace injury that is exaggerated or even completely fraudulent. When this happens, it is often a matter of documenting whether this injury is fake or not. The following is how it is best done.
Video surveillance of daily activities
Unless a person's claim of injury makes them bedridden, they will still have a daily routine, and some of this will take place outside of their home. It is under these circumstances that an employee can be recorded doing something that …show more content…
They go shopping, even grocery shopping, and can be recorded lifting a weight that should be too much for them. What makes this such strong evidence is that what they are lifting can be readily identified. An example might be a twelve pack of beer, so the weight of the item is know. Also, a person can often be seen using a hand or arm that is possessively unusable. Injured worker surveillance also includes doctor appointments. Amazingly, many people are caught on video coming out of a doctor's office showing no signs of injury. They only appear injured while inside the doctor's office.
Video surveillance of extracurricular activities
Away from the workplace, many people feel free to act naturally. It is not uncommon to catch people engaged in sporting activities at local parks and recreational facilities. People have even been recorded skiing, boating, biking or any number of physical activities that are simply not possible for an injured worker to partake in.
Keep in mind that there are many laws regarding when and where you can record someone on video, this is one of the reasons to use a professional private investigator for injured worker surveillance. Not only do we have legal knowledge, but also the experience to catch workers compensation fraud. In cases where a person is injured, but the injury is being exaggerated for the purpose of filing a compensation claim, documented this can be
Video surveillance of daily activities
Unless a person's claim of injury makes them bedridden, they will still have a daily routine, and some of this will take place outside of their home. It is under these circumstances that an employee can be recorded doing something that …show more content…
They go shopping, even grocery shopping, and can be recorded lifting a weight that should be too much for them. What makes this such strong evidence is that what they are lifting can be readily identified. An example might be a twelve pack of beer, so the weight of the item is know. Also, a person can often be seen using a hand or arm that is possessively unusable. Injured worker surveillance also includes doctor appointments. Amazingly, many people are caught on video coming out of a doctor's office showing no signs of injury. They only appear injured while inside the doctor's office.
Video surveillance of extracurricular activities
Away from the workplace, many people feel free to act naturally. It is not uncommon to catch people engaged in sporting activities at local parks and recreational facilities. People have even been recorded skiing, boating, biking or any number of physical activities that are simply not possible for an injured worker to partake in.
Keep in mind that there are many laws regarding when and where you can record someone on video, this is one of the reasons to use a professional private investigator for injured worker surveillance. Not only do we have legal knowledge, but also the experience to catch workers compensation fraud. In cases where a person is injured, but the injury is being exaggerated for the purpose of filing a compensation claim, documented this can be