The worker's compensation system is specifically designed to cover situations when employees are injured on the job. Therefore, not every worker's compensation claim is going to result in a legal battle in which an employee has to hire a lawyer and fight for their money in court. It is never a bad idea to talk to an attorney about your situation if you have been injured on the job, but never every claim is going to facilitate the extra step of actually hiring a worker's compensation lawyer. Check out this short list of workplace injury situations when an attorney may not be necessary. 

Your injury did not require a lot of medical treatment. 

Maybe you fell at work and ended up with a bruise or scrape, but there was really no need for you to go to the doctor. You may even have to take off of work a day or two while you recuperate, but if you did not have to seek extensive medical treatment, you probably will not need to hire an attorney. In these small incidents, worker's compensation will usually have no problem paying for your claim because they are not going to involve massive costs to cover medical bills. 

Your injury is no doubt something that happened on the job. 

If there is no way for an employer to deny that your injury occurred in the workplace, you may not have to have an attorney. For example, if you opened a walk-in freezer door, it came off its hinges, and caused you to fall, this is clearly something that is work-related and directly caused by an ill-maintained component in the workplace. When an injury is clearly the cause of the employer and no way for them to blame someone or something else, it is highly unlikely the worker's compensation provider will deny the claim. 

Your injury did not involve missing a lot of work. 

Missing a lot of work after an accident can quickly add up to a large amount of money owed to you for a worker's compensation claim. However, not all injuries will involve taking a lot of time off of work. Say you slipped and twisted your ankle, went to the doctor, and were able to return to work within a few days or even the next day. This would be a minimal injury with minimal downtime that worker's compensation would be more willing to cover.