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title: "Does Workers’ Comp Cover Repetitive-Stress Injuries?"
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# Does Workers’ Comp Cover Repetitive-Stress Injuries?

Workers’ comp may cover cumulative injuries from repeated work motions, subject to medical evidence and state causation rules.

Workers’ comp may cover cumulative injuries from repeated work motions, subject to medical evidence and state causation rules. California defines cumulative injury as one caused by repeated events or exposures at work, such as repeated wrist motion. Other states use their own rules for causation and claim timing.

Document job duties and exposure over time, and follow the employee’s state reporting deadlines. California advises reporting once the worker knows or believes work caused the condition; check the applicable state’s rule.

## Related Questions

- [Do I Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/workers-compensation/do-i-need-workers-compensation-insurance)
- [Is Workers’ Comp Required?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/workers-compensation/is-workers-comp-required)
- [Do Business Owners Need Workers’ Comp?](https://spot.insure/insurance-faq/workers-compensation/do-business-owners-need-workers-comp)
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- [Workers’ compensation](https://spot.insure/coverage/workers-compensation)
- [General liability](https://spot.insure/coverage/general-liability)
- [Commercial auto](https://spot.insure/coverage/commercial-auto)

## Sources

1. [I was injured at work](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/InjuredWorker.htm). California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensation; Work-related injury or illness benefits, reporting and part-time workers. Accessed 2026-09-25.
2. [DWC Glossary](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/WCGlossary.htm). California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensation; Cumulative injury definition and repeated-motion example. Accessed 2026-09-25.
3. [Rule 5 - Policy and Endorsements](https://www.ncrb.org/digitallibrary/basicmanual/Rule_5_-_Policy_and_Endorsements.htm). North Carolina Rate Bureau; Standard policy WC 00 00 00 C: Part One Workers Compensation; Part Two Employers Liability; Part Three Other States Insurance. Accessed 2026-09-25.

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