Work Related Injury/Workers Comp?

[2manyrocks]

The football coach in my high school years paid for his college with football scholarships. Tough guy. By the time he was in his 60's, he had been through several back surgeries. The last one was so bad they kept him in a medical coma for a while and then sent him to a skilled nursing home for recovery.

 

[caver]

For awhile my Dr. was also the company Dr. That was a little to my benefit.

For some issues I feel it is better to pay the deductible and get the specialist/dr that you want. Back problems can show up a day or three later so there wasn't a solid connection to a work place injury anyway.

I've seen people abuse the system. One guy would hobble around for months on light duty. One day I heard he and the chief steward got called up to the conference room. Our plant manager said by the end of this video you will be escorted out or sooner if you wish. It was video taken of him on a jet ski on a lake out of state.

Years later I met a young guy who would go around with a telephoto lens and video to catch abusers. He could tell some stories.

 

[bigtiller]

Yep… walk it off, push through the pain… winners never quit and quitters never win… amazing the things recalled from youth.

Foot pain is no fun. Have you tried rubbing some dirt on it?

 

[ultrarunner]

Most comp cases I have seen are burns, needle sticks and back/shoulder problems from heavy patients plus an occasion pinched finger or run over toe from a stretcher.

We did have a manager go out on stress… exhausting every benefit just before the company merged. The day of her return she called in and resigned.

I’m the oldest employee and whenever there is heavy lifting or unruly patient I get the call plus deliveries, ladder and rooftop work.

Getting things to the roof is seldom easy.

Some of out RNs would be lucky to tip the scale at 100 pounds… and patients could easily weigh several times that.

I bought my own Gennie Lift for loading dock use plus pallet jack, etc…

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

February 11th, 2016 I slipped on ice at work and broke my wrist bad enough to get surgery a week later to put in a plate and a dozen screws and I tore my rotator cuff, I was on light duty until January 31st, 3027.


I worked construction, they always want construction jobs to have no loss of time injuries so I was paid 40 hours at foremen’s pay the whole time, if I was sweeping the shop, delivering parts to guys on jobs or getting physical therapy.


Work comp told the owners of the company to cut there losses and let me go because I could retire that year at 55 years old in our union, the two owners asked me what my plans were when I turned 55, I said I planned on working until I was about 59 or 60, they said ok, we will keep you on then.

I hated being on light duty, I’m the kind of worker that likes to give 110%.

The work comp lady would call me every week to make sure I was feeling good and getting 40 hours pay.

 

[ultrarunner]

Foot pain is no fun. Have you tried rubbing some dirt on it?

No… podiatrist told me he seldom encountered plantar fascia problems working in tropical countries where shoes were not common… maybe walking in the mud and sandy beaches factors?

 

[garry1p]

Our company provided employee insurance but was self insured and they expected you to file Workers Comp since they pay into the system.

I had an employee get bit by a cat at a loan office when he was working on their computer terminal. He filed a claim on the company provided insurance, they refused to pay and told him he had to file on Workers Comp.
It took Workers Comp what seamed forever to finally accept and pay for the DR visit of course he was getting bills and they threatened to go to collection agency.

He said he would have been better off just to say he was bitten at home and pay the deductible.

 

[Sprinkler Fitter]

No… podiatrist told me he seldom encountered plantar fascia problems working in tropical countries where shoes were not common… maybe walking in the mud and sandy beaches factors?

I used to have plantar fascia problems, not in my work boots but in my other shoes. I switched to these shoes about 8 years ago and have not had a problem with it since then. They are almost like walking barefoot.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WC59N5X?ref_=icdp_ba_mweb_title_pd_bap_m_grid_rp_0_26_gf&clientRefMarker=pd_bap_m_grid_rp_0_26_gf&heartsTeamIdentifier=buyagain&psc=1&heartDisabled=true

 

[ultrarunner]

What did you get?

 

[ultrarunner]

I like Dr Comfort walking shoes with inserts and podiatrist friend sells them to me at cost plus 10%

I’m thinking as good as they are for walking they are too soft for the vertical wall mounted ladder to the roof hatch…

The ladder’s thin round rungs concentrate load and more so when lugging things to the roof… refrigerant, condenser fan motors, oxy-propane tanks, etc.