Advice on a minor injury

[bleedinbrown58]

No, see, that's what she does and that's why I have to dance around her. If I hit an about-face trying to clear the belt in front of my trucks I smash into her. I can't stack packages on the belt and let them come to the trucks because I have to go around her. Then she thinks it'll help to start pulling boxes for one of my four trucks off the belt and stacking them on the ground in front of the trucks, making my "dance-around-the-bitch-so-i-can-load"-room (also known as a walkway) even smaller.


Basically, I don't like people in my space (even passively) while I'm loading. That's my issue, for the most part. Take a passive obstacle and turn it into one that officially quizzes me on depth of knowledge and I'm gonna need a cigarette every time we run into each other.

Just go with the flow...management gets off on aggravating us. If you really can't work around her....tell her you feel her distracting you is creating an unsafe situation...and ask for your steward. If they're singling you out to dok you...that could also be construed as harassment.

 

[jibbs]

Then just stand there and do nothing while answering her questions. Let it pile up and when they ask why you are behind point to her.

Hey, that's an idea... Usually I just argue with her until she goes away... Last time it ended with her saying something like, "I'm just trying to do my job here, I don't deserve this" and me saying that right now her job is making it harder for me to do my job. We've spoken, like, twice since, lol. Simple g'mornings and we're both on our way...



[addition edit:

Just go with the flow...management gets off on aggravating us. If you really can't work around her....tell her you feel her distracting you is creating an unsafe situation...and ask for your steward. If they're singling you out to dok you...that could also be construed as harassment.

I don't feel singled out or anything, it's just frustrating is all. It hasn't happened for me often, either, just twice when my old supe saw a potential injury occur that he felt the need to report to HIS higher-up. That's when it's like the grapevine got to work and I had management from every part of the building checking on the situation, kind of crazy, for real. Just happened twice but I didn't like the response, and that was for injuries that never occurred. I'm not going through that BS again unless it's necessary, just my personal opinion from limited experience with UPS.



[EDIT #2: The my old supe reported was kind of sketchy too. Both had to do with loadstands and truck-positioning. First time there was a 13" gap on the left side of one of my trucks, between it and the building. Throughout the day I managed to step right through the gap. Didn't miss a beat, I just walked to my truck and suddenly dropped like 4 feet through the gap. Landed perfectly, kept the packages in my hand and just got mad as friend* that there was a huge gap that I hadn't noticed.

The second time I had a slight height difference and another, smaller gap in between two load stands that were side-by-side. Going from one truck to the other my foot got caught underneath the higher load stand and my leg stretched in a pretty strange way as I tried to follow through with my whole walking-from-one-truck-to-the-other thing... I felt fine but the supe said later he was sure I had sprained/twisted my ankle and was just BSing through it. No injury, though, my work boots are friend*in' legit, man, lol.]

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

I wasn't big on filling out precautionary injury reports. Towards the end of my 38 year career, I had a lot of bumps and bruises, pulls, etc, mostly related to being older. Having said that, if I thought there was even a chance it might come back and be a lost time, dr visit thing I would at least mention something to the dispatcher. "Hey, I tripped over a dolly tonight. I'm a little sore, but I feel ok." kinda thing. My last year, I tore my rotator cuff. It hurt, but the pain subsided. I didn't even mention it. Overnight, I couldn't even raise my arm. I called in the next day. When I told them I hurt it at work, the first thing they asked me was how come I didn't report it at the time. I only missed work 2 times in my career for injuries incurred at work, but both required surgery and extensive time off. They really didn't doubt me, but I would report stuff just in case.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

I wasn't big on filling out precautionary injury reports. Towards the end of my 38 year career, I had a lot of bumps and bruises, pulls, etc, mostly related to being older. Having said that, if I thought there was even a chance it might come back and be a lost time, dr visit thing I would at least mention something to the dispatcher. "Hey, I tripped over a dolly tonight. I'm a little sore, but I feel ok." kinda thing. My last year, I tore my rotator cuff. It hurt, but the pain subsided. I didn't even mention it. Overnight, I couldn't even raise my arm. I called in the next day. When I told them I hurt it at work, the first thing they asked me was how come I didn't report it at the time. I only missed work 2 times in my career for injuries incurred at work, but both required surgery and extensive time off. They really didn't doubt me, but I would report stuff just in case.

Things have changed a lot regarding injuries...in my experience. I've filed 2 accident reports...one 5 years ago and one last year. The harassment and management BS this last time was borderline ridiculous. But that's UPS....lol

 

[ChickenLegs]

What? He wouldn't have to pay anything......work related injury, company pays. Sounds like management scare tactics to convince him not to go to the doctor.

Wouldn't you want more opinions?

 

[bleedinbrown58]

Wouldn't you want more opinions?

You can go to whatever doctor u choose for your injury...so long as they accept workers comp cases....comp still pays for it. So, what does Teamcare have to do with it?

 

[Johney]

You can go to whatever doctor u choose for your injury...so long as they accept workers comp cases....comp still pays for it.

Can't do that here. They send you to their Doc and you only get a one time switch, again their choice of who.

 

[bleedinbrown58]

Can't do that here. They send you to their Doc and you only get a one time switch, again their choice of who.

Oh wow...no it's a little different here. The last time I got hurt...they wouldn't let me leave....had a member of management drive me to UPS doctor...who recommended a specialist...but i went to a diff specialist than the one Dr UPS recommended. I only had to go back to ups doctor to be cleared for regular duty.

 

[joeboodog]

In the past, if you had a minor tweak all you had to do is mention it to the late guy just in case. Now if you mention something minor they want to make a major deal of it.

 

[fres431]

Drug testing on a injuries is not mandatory it's optional. It depends in your relationship with management as well if your a dependable good worker..at the same time I never trust management even if they are buddy buddy with me on or off the clock


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[s-man]

Right now I am struggling with this very issue. I feel I made the wrong decision. Not going to go into specifics cause I don't want to identify myself, and I don't want to get myself or my management in trouble. I got hurt 2 days ago and this is my second day of missed work and missed pay. Just too hurt to work. I can feel it's getting better but slowly. Might be able to do something light tomorrow. I knew reporting an injury and WC would be a nightmare, but that's what it's there for. Thankfully it's not a joint injury and unlikely to cause problems later, but I feel that it is unfair that I felt I should not make a WC claim. Next time I won't do this. I'm gonna miss several days pay before I am worth a crap again, and will be in some pain when I return. This has been a learning experience for me. Slow down and work safe and forget about speed or making bonus. This is a marathon, not a sprint. If I don't treat it like that, I won't finish the race.

Right now I feel cheated by my employer. Not mad at my immediate supervisors, it's the environment they work in that creates this. Next time (not if I can prevent it), I'll file a WC claim, and I suggest others here do so.

 

[jibbs]

Right now I feel cheated by my employer.

...why? Did they tell you not to file a claim or something?

If you chose not to because you're worried about the contents of your urine-- Well, , man, welcome to adulthood. Here's a pamphlet on accountability. It's not management's fault if an employee's gonna drop a positive UA, and I think this is the first time I've ever defended management in general, on this site or in real life...

 

[bleedinbrown58]

Right now I am struggling with this very issue. I feel I made the wrong decision. Not going to go into specifics cause I don't want to identify myself, and I don't want to get myself or my management in trouble. I got hurt 2 days ago and this is my second day of missed work and missed pay. Just too hurt to work. I can feel it's getting better but slowly. Might be able to do something light tomorrow. I knew reporting an injury and WC would be a nightmare, but that's what it's there for. Thankfully it's not a joint injury and unlikely to cause problems later, but I feel that it is unfair that I felt I should not make a WC claim. Next time I won't do this. I'm gonna miss several days pay before I am worth a crap again, and will be in some pain when I return. This has been a learning experience for me. Slow down and work safe and forget about speed or making bonus. This is a marathon, not a sprint. If I don't treat it like that, I won't finish the race.

Right now I feel cheated by my employer. Not mad at my immediate supervisors, it's the environment they work in that creates this. Next time (not if I can prevent it), I'll file a WC claim, and I suggest others here do so.

You ALWAYS report an injury to a sup when it happens...have another hourlie stand as a witness to you reporting. Once reported..even if you go home that day and it gets worse...you can file an accident report the next day. Any injury that occurs at work that results in you missing work should be reported! Don't blame management..they will always discourage reporting injuries. It's your responsibility...its your body!!

 

[s-man]

No, not worried about a drug or alcohol test at all, just the WC circus that would ensue and losing the good rapport that I have with my sups. They did not directly tell me not to report it, but they weren't encouraging. I did report it to my supervisor. I don't know anything about paperwork or WC or anything. I am a generally safe employee and have not had an injury in the many years I have worked there. When I was a teenager, I had an injury on the job and they took care of me and I healed with physical therapy. I worked for Disney back then. Great company to work for. I like my job just fine, but the company I work for is just evil to create this environment. My only crime is not having the backbone to stand up for what I deserve. I was not doing anything particularly unsafe at the time. Could it have been prevented? Of course, but it happened on the job, greatly contributed to by the conditions of the job. I don't blame my supervisors, they are doing what their supervisors told them. Persuading employees to not file legitimate WC claims is wrong, illegal and immoral. Today is day 3, took some Aleve and am starting to feel better so hopefully I will recover soon and be back at work. I will be smarter next time and hopefully not sustain another injury, but next time will not feel guilty and do what I am supposed to do. I really was clueless and naive on this topic guys. At first I was wondering why they were being so nice and reasonable with me. Now I understand why.

I'm not one of these people trying to get what I can from the system. I don't want WC! I want to feel good and be at work today in the beautiful weather (although being home with my daughter is nice, but I am getting sick of watching Frozen). I'm the kind of employee that is reliable and diligent, a good employee. I'm no superstar, but I get asked to do stuff that others don't because they know they can depend on me to get it done. My wife's boss at her job at a church that has little money is appalled at the situation. I am mad at myself for the accident, but am more mad at myself for making the wrong decision. What if this injury caused problems later on? It probably wont, but I have a family, and it's not fair to them to discount that because I don't want to take the heat. Just hope my story helps someone else and wanted to vent to people who understand the situation.

 

[s-man]

Been working last couple days in pain. Anything over 40 lbs causes pain. I am getting beyter slowly. Hopefully good enough by tuesday. This sucks. Next time im doing paperwork on a mosquito bite!

 

[OPTION3]

It's more stress than intimidation. I hate having to dance around the buddy* while trying to handle my pull. It'd be much different if they would pull an employee from their spot to do a DOK demonstration instead of hitting you with a quiz while the belt's forcing packages down your throat.

stop the belt......answer the questions......Do one or the other NOT both

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

No, not worried about a drug or alcohol test at all, just the WC circus that would ensue and losing the good rapport that I have with my sups. They did not directly tell me not to report it, but they weren't encouraging. I did report it to my supervisor. I don't know anything about paperwork or WC or anything. I am a generally safe employee and have not had an injury in the many years I have worked there. When I was a teenager, I had an injury on the job and they took care of me and I healed with physical therapy. I worked for Disney back then. Great company to work for. I like my job just fine, but the company I work for is just evil to create this environment. My only crime is not having the backbone to stand up for what I deserve. I was not doing anything particularly unsafe at the time. Could it have been prevented? Of course, but it happened on the job, greatly contributed to by the conditions of the job. I don't blame my supervisors, they are doing what their supervisors told them. Persuading employees to not file legitimate WC claims is wrong, illegal and immoral. Today is day 3, took some Aleve and am starting to feel better so hopefully I will recover soon and be back at work. I will be smarter next time and hopefully not sustain another injury, but next time will not feel guilty and do what I am supposed to do. I really was clueless and naive on this topic guys. At first I was wondering why they were being so nice and reasonable with me. Now I understand why.

I'm not one of these people trying to get what I can from the system. I don't want WC! I want to feel good and be at work today in the beautiful weather (although being home with my daughter is nice, but I am getting sick of watching Frozen). I'm the kind of employee that is reliable and diligent, a good employee. I'm no superstar, but I get asked to do stuff that others don't because they know they can depend on me to get it done. My wife's boss at her job at a church that has little money is appalled at the situation. I am mad at myself for the accident, but am more mad at myself for making the wrong decision. What if this injury caused problems later on? It probably wont, but I have a family, and it's not fair to them to discount that because I don't want to take the heat. Just hope my story helps someone else and wanted to vent to people who understand the situation.

What??

 

[you aint even know it]

I don't really understand how you got injured because your post is so vague. Let me try to clarify this with you. Are you saying that you went to help the loaders (trailer loaders) by breaking the jam on the conveyor belt and you slipped and broke your wrist? How the hell did you slip? Sounds like someone was working unsafely or you're not telling us the true story. Believe me, UPS is going to give you hell on this one.

 

[YellowSox]

UPS will make him do a lot of safety junk if he fills out an injury report. Attempting to discourage employees through the hassle it creates.

so what? The safety stuff is so trivial if you done it enough, you can do it on your sleep.


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