Work injury claims occur when an employee is injured or incurs an illness while at work. Many times employees are hesitant to file work injury claims for rear of repercussion, or they only request medical bills be paid when in actuality their quality of life has been damaged, and they deserved to be compensated. Employees who are injured on the job and suffer severe injuries may not be able to return to work in the same capacity as prior to the injury. This can lead to loss of income, mounting medical bills and depression, which can lead to other medical issues. These employees need to know that worker compensation laws are in place to protect them from such issues. However, most companies do not volunteer the minute details concerning work injury claims and so the victim has no way of knowing that they can be compensated. Employees should be aware that they need to document the accident immediately and follow up with their human resource department. In order to make sure fair compensation is awarded and to determine if long term benefits are needed.