Workers' Compensation

If you get hurt on the job, Saint Mary's College of California is required by law to pay for workers’ compensation
benefits. You could get hurt by:
 

One event at work. Examples: hurting your back in a fall, getting burned by a chemical that
splashes on your skin, getting hurt in a car accident while making deliveries.

—or—

Repeated exposures at work. Examples: hurting your wrist from using vibrating tools, losing
your hearing because of constant loud noise.
—or—

Workplace crime. Examples: you get hurt in a store robbery, physically attacked by an unhappy
customer.