If you are reading from Indian Trail after a work injury, start with the North Carolina workers’ compensation process. This guide covers the questions that tend to come first: the wages behind your benefit rate, what to read if your checks stopped, and how Brad works through a permanent partial disability rating.
The North Carolina workers’ compensation hub holds the fuller explanation, and this page points you to the right part of it. When you want to talk it through, the contact below is The Law Offices of Bradley H. Smith in Charlotte. Read first, or call with your list of questions.
Indian Trail, Monroe and the rest of Union County
Indian Trail is in Union County. The county seat is Monroe, and the county also takes in Stallings, Weddington, Wingate, Marshville and other communities.
Atrium Health Union and Atrium Health Union West each provide 24/7 emergency care. Atrium Health Union is in Monroe, and Atrium Health Union West opened in 2022 to serve the western part of the county, including Indian Trail.
Start with average weekly wage, then the five forms
If your question is about the size of your weekly check, look first at the wages behind it. Average weekly wage is the concept your benefit rate is calculated from. The average weekly wage guide is the place to begin.
From there, the NC hub walks through the paperwork one form at a time: Form 18, Form 19, average weekly wage / Form 22, the NC wage statement, Forms 60/61/63, and Form 25C. Bring any of these you have received to the first conversation.
The questions Indian Trail readers ask
My checks stopped. What should I read?
Start with the guide on stopped benefits. Read when workers’ comp can stop paying you.
What wage information goes into my benefit rate?
Your benefit rate is calculated from your average weekly wage, so ask which wages were counted. Read about average weekly wage and the wage statement, then go through the figures behind your rate one at a time.
I was hurt soon after starting a new job. Is that different?
A short work history raises its own wage question. The NC hub has a companion guide on it: read how workers’ comp is calculated for a new employee.
Where people in the county work
The North Carolina Department of Commerce’s 2025 employer list for Union County includes manufacturers such as ATI Specialty Materials and Tyson Foods. Construction employers on the list include Utility Lines Construction and McGee Brothers. It also includes the hospital authority, retailers such as Harris Teeter and Food Lion, Union County Schools, and county and city government.
NCDOT describes US 74 as an important commercial corridor for residents and businesses in Union and Mecklenburg counties.
How a permanent partial disability rating becomes money
Brad works a rating as a sequence. Take the disability rating percentage, apply it to the applicable number of scheduled weeks, and multiply the weeks that result by your compensation rate.
Rating percentage x applicable scheduled weeks x compensation rate = rating calculation.
Before doing the math, ask to see each input: your disability rating percentage, the applicable scheduled weeks and your compensation rate.
Have a lawyer identify the North Carolina inputs for your claim first. If settlement is your next topic, read how North Carolina workers’ compensation settlements are calculated and whether to settle a workers’ compensation case. Ask how the rating calculation fits into that discussion.
Working with a Workers’ Compensation Specialist from Indian Trail
The contact point for this guide is The Law Offices of Bradley H. Smith, 3117 Whiting Avenue, Suite 211, Charlotte, NC 28205. Office visits by appointment only. Call (980) 281-9984.
Indian Trail is a service area for the firm: clients from Indian Trail are served from the Charlotte office, by appointment.
One route from Indian Trail to the Charlotte office follows US 74 west along Independence Boulevard, then Eastway Drive and local streets. It is about 17 miles, roughly 26 minutes without traffic. The Monroe Expressway, an all-electronic toll road, runs in the US 74 corridor through Union County.
Before the first call, write down what happened at work, which papers you have received, and the one thing you most want explained. If the wage figure worries you, ask about average weekly wage. If your checks stopped or you want to talk about a rating, raise that question at the start.
Ask what to bring and how to set up an appointment. You can read about Bradley H. Smith and use the contact page for the Charlotte office details.
Talk through your next question
Bring the questions you want answered, whether it concerns your average weekly wage, returning to work, or a second opinion on medical treatment.
Keep reading
- North Carolina workers’ compensation hub
- Can workers’ comp stop paying you? (Form 23)
- How workers’ comp is calculated for a new employee
- Workers’ comp guide for Concord readers
- Video Center
Bradley H. Smith. Certified as a specialist in workers’ compensation law by the North Carolina State Bar; licensed in NC and SC. No fee unless we recover. Call (980) 281-9984.
Frequently asked questions
How far is the Charlotte office from Indian Trail?
The Charlotte office is about 17 miles from Indian Trail by US 74, roughly 26 minutes without traffic. Office visits are by appointment only. Use the contact page to ask about an appointment.
Is Monroe part of the area this page covers?
Monroe is the Union County seat, and Indian Trail is in Union County. Clients from Indian Trail are served from the Charlotte office, by appointment. Use the contact page for the Charlotte office details.
What should I read about average weekly wage?
Start with the average weekly wage guide, which explains the wage statement your benefit rate is calculated from. The form that matters for this calculation is called a Form 22. If you had just started the job, read the new-employee guide next.
What if my weekly checks stopped?
Read the guide on when workers’ comp can stop paying you. Form 23 is the request to the North Carolina Industrial Commission to reinstate benefits an insurance company has stopped paying but should still be paying.
Last updated: October 8, 2026.
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