Construction work in Cook County generates some of the most acute workers' compensation and third-party personal injury cases in Illinois. Falls from height, crush injuries, struck-by-object cervical and lumbar trauma, and chronic overuse injuries all run through the same Workers' Compensation Commission process, and the medical documentation has to be airtight from day one.
Injury Network Chicago coordinates that documentation from 10 S Riverside Plaza in the Loop. Our coordinators place injured construction workers with in-network chiropractors, physical therapists, and pain-management physicians, deliver work-restriction letters to firms and (where appropriate) carriers, and assemble records packages that paralegals can drop straight into a WC or Section 5(a) third-party file.
We are a coordination network — not a law firm and not a medical provider. Care is delivered by independently licensed practitioners. Legal services, where referenced, are provided by independent attorneys.
What we coordinate
- Same-day chiropractic and PT placement for construction WC and PI cases
- Higher-acuity imaging escalation (MRI, CT) for fall and crush injuries
- Pain-management referrals for cervical / lumbar radicular presentations
- Parallel records routing — WC counsel and third-party PI counsel where authorized
- Records package — narrative, visit ledger, billing — inside 48 hours of MMI
Frequently asked questions
What construction injuries do you coordinate most often?
Fall-from-height injuries (scaffold, ladder, formwork), crush injuries, struck-by-object cervical and lumbar trauma, and chronic shoulder and knee injuries from heavy repetitive work. These are higher-acuity presentations and our coordinators escalate to imaging and specialist consults earlier than in lower-energy WC cases.
Do you coordinate care for union construction workers?
Yes. Many in-network providers routinely treat Chicago-area union trades — laborers, ironworkers, carpenters, operating engineers — and understand the interplay between WC benefits, union health-and-welfare coverage, and treating-physician documentation.
What about workers on a third-party general contractor's site?
Third-party general-contractor liability cases (Section 5(a)) often run parallel to the workers' compensation claim. Our coordinators feed the medical record to both the WC counsel and the third-party PI counsel where authorized, so neither side has to chase records separately.