The types and amount of compensation you are entitled to after a workplace injury or illness vary by state. In North Carolina, injured workers can be granted 4 types of workers' compensation benefits: Medical benefits. You should be reimbursed for any past and current medical bills pertaining to your work-related injury or illness (such as emergency room visits, surgeries, hospital bills, prescriptions, therapy, etc.), as well as compensation for future treatment and care that may be required. Your benefits should also cover any travel expenses going to and from treatment. Lost wages and disability. If you had to take more than 7 days off work to recover from your occupational injury or illness, then you should be owed benefits adding up to two-thirds of your average weekly wage prior to the injury (up to the state's maximum weekly rate, which is updated each year). Your income benefits will fall into 1 of 4 categories: temporary partial disability (TPD), temporary total disability (TTD), permanent partial disability (PPD) or total permanent disability (TPD). You don't qualify for lost income benefits if you missed less than 7 days of work. Vocational rehabilitation. If your injury or illness is so debilitating that you can't return to your old job or are earning less income as a result, you may be eligible for vocational rehabilitation services that include "vocational assessment, vocational exploration, sheltered workshop or community-supported employment training, counseling, job analysis, job modification, job development and placement, labor market survey, vocational or psychometric testing, analysis of transferable skills, work adjustment counseling, job-seeking skills training, on‑the‑job training, or training or education through the North Carolina community college or university systems." (§97-32.2) Death benefits. If a person dies as a result of a fatal workplace accident or job-related illness, then their surviving spouse, children and other family members may have access to wrongful death benefits that include two-thirds of the deceased's pre-injury average weekly wage for 500 weeks, in addition to funeral and burial expenses totaling up to $10,000.