I second that. NONE of these people will help you.
There is a place in Hell for Sedgwick, they are worse then management. The paper work that I was sent, the questions they wanted answered, what sports I played, what outdoor activities I did, anything that was related or could be related to my injury they wanted and they never got that info thanks to the lawyer. If I went about this on my own, it would have been a preventable and I would have gotten a letter, I'm sure. The information Sedgwick wanted was to build a case against me, to put full blame on me, to say it was all my fault and all preventable. When they called me, and they will I just said you will have to call my lawyer and gave them the number.
Here's the deal. FedEx knows full well that the kind of work we do results in injuries...lots of them. Slips and falls, hitting your head with the pull-down door, repetitive stress injuries, vehicle accidents, and on and on. It comes with the job, but they don't want to acknowledge any of that. If something goes wrong, it's YOUR fault, and they don't want to take any responsibility for it. The injury directive I spoke of in an earlier post made it clear to management that they had better start blaming employees for everything or it would be their (management's) ass on the line because their "injury rate" was too high and not in conformance with corporate standards.
During my long career, I have seen people struck by vehicles, rolling containers, pinned by dollies, fall out of trucks with spilled oil on the steps, blow-out knees, break bones and a hundred other types of injuries...all THEIR fault, at least per FedEx. And then the real fun begins.
If you EVER get hurt on the job at FedEx, talk with an attorney...ASAP. Do not believe one single word of "concern" or "hurry back" or any of it. They are only interested in paying out as little as possible, and terminating you if they determine it is in the best interests of the company. FUFred is exactly right...all Sedgwick wants is something they can use to blame you. The same goes for HR, HCMP, CIGNA and Aetna etc...close the claim as quickly as possible with as little payout as they can while establishing it was somehow YOUR fault. "You weren't wearing your tinfoil hat", you didn't perform a Code 48 Stretch and Flex", or "you had a pre-existing pimple on your ass in 1996". It used to be "you weren't wearing your backbelt". If and when you get an attorney, don't even talk with any of these FedEx affiliates. Have them speak to your lawyer. If you don't believe me, ask someone in your station who has been seriously injured and then check back and see if I'm right, OK?
I'm lucky, and have never had to go this route, but I know plenty of others who have and the one consistent characteristic among all of them is that they wish they had a lawyer, as early in the process as possible. One individual was hurt very badly, and it was obviously not at fault, and was permanently disabled. Even with a lawyer, FedEx stalled, obfuscated, tarried, and jacked this person around for several years, hoping to starve them out. First, they offered an accommodation, and then withdrew it, then a settlement, which was also withdrawn. Game after game after game, all in the hope that ""Bill" would dry-up and go away dead broke. And I know of dozens more "Bills" out there, some of whom didn't get an attorney and were railroaded straight into loss of their job, bankruptcy, or dire financial peril.
Never believe anything a manager says when you get hurt, nor any statement made by any company that represents FedEx. They understand only one thing...equal or greater legal force applied in their direction.