Regardless of your industry, workplace injuries and illness can occur. If you experience an injury at work, do you understand the process for filing a workers' compensation claim? Do you know if your injury or illness even applies? What does workers' compensation cover? We'll answer all these questions and more in this series. Here, we'll talk about the basics of workers' compensation, also known as workers' comp. We'll discuss what it is, who it covers, and how it works.