The American School Board Journal has an interesting article in its May issue about workplace injuries involving school employees.

The article concentrates on two cases in Ohio, one in which a teacher was killed in a car accident while driving to a continuing education workshop after school hours and another in which a substitute teacher's aide reported to the wrong school for duty and fell and broke her wrist.

Neither of these cases were typical workers' comp cases, but they're interesting case studies. And the ASBJ article serves as a reminder that workplace injuries can happen anywhere. Construction workers and others in high-risk jobs aren't the one people at risk for workplace injuries, nor are they the only ones eligible for workers' compensation. A school employee faces risks on campus and off (such as when they're chaperoning field trips or after-school extracurricular activities) that may be compensable under the state's workers' compensation laws.