Falls caused by seizures, syncope, or other personal medical conditions do not arise out of employment absent an employment contribution. The increased risk or positional risk doctrines may supply that contribution.
Height and hazardous surfaces may create employment risk.
Alternative Names:
Idiopathic Injury|Personal Condition Fall
Why it Matters?
The employment contribution analysis is what determines compensability, since a fall from a personal condition onto a level floor is generally non-compensable while the same fall from scaffolding or onto machinery involves an employment hazard that increased the injury. Medical records establishing the personal condition as the fall's cause are the necessary evidence, and unexplained falls receive different treatment favoring compensability in many states.
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When does an idiopathic fall become compensable?
How are unexplained falls treated?
