Ok, lets look at the facts...
I'm a sorter and was just lifting to an upper belt and felt something snap in my shoulder.
My supervisor just happened to come by to ask me to sort 2 unloaders (something I've been doing for a while). I told him I was just injured and he asked if I was OK. I said, "I don't think so, I cant lift my left arm higher than a couple of inches."
He didn't report the injury to anyone
They pretty much freaked out and the supervisor was fired but then rehired two days later.
I have a note from my doctor saying I can't lift anything over ten pounds.
I tell them I can't lift anything over ten pounds and they try to make me feel bad about it.
I have a constant burning sensation in my entire arm and every time I try and use it there is a grinding followed by a pop and sharp pain.
The object you were lifting, was it an over 70?
Was it outside your end range motion?
Did you twist instead of pivot?
Did you use two hands firmly on opposite corners?
You notified a supervisor because ALL INJURIES MUST BE REPORTED NO MATTER HOW SMALL.
The supe asked you to continue working - YOU WORKED AS DIRECTED and DID NOT REFUSE TO WORK... If you refuse to work you could be fired but if you work as directed and the supe knew you were injured then the burden is on UPS...
The Supe DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY - ALL INJURIES MUST BE REPORTED. THE SUPE MUST NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS. You being injured was unsafe...
They fired the Supe for not following methods...
You seeked medical attention from your own doctor
BECAUSE UPS DROPPED THYE BALL... The injury should have been reported immediately and you should have been taken to a doctor by UPS within an hour of reporting it... You went home and thought it would be fine - YOU ARE NOT A DOCTOR... YOUR SUPE IS NOT A DOCTOR and letting you go home first and not reporting it IS NOT PROPER METHODS.
You are under doctors orders for a DART (Day Away Restricted or Transfered) injury. You have weight limitations and should be doing porter work.
If they try to make you feel bad because you can't lift over 10 lbs so what... IF YOU ARE TOLD TO DO A JOB AND REFUSE YOU CAN BE FIRED. IF THEY TELL YOU TO LIFE A 65LBS BOX AND THEY KNOW YOU ARE UNDER DOCTORS ORDERS - UPS IS 100% LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY PRE EXISTINGOR OTHERWISE... The reason I know this is we had a PtSupe at our center get injured in a car accident and then during peak she was directed to move boxes. She reinjured and UPS settled out of court for some big bucks.
I am not a doctor but my guess is you have a torn labrum and rotator cuff in the shoulder joint sockets. A SLAP tear, Bankart lesion or Posterior labral tears. Your doctor MUST know which you have in order to perscribe proper treatment INCLUDING PHYSICAL THERAPY, anti inflamitory medicine and cortisone injections. A Bankart will take a minimum of six months to repiar itself... A MRI will help diagnose if it is a SLAP tear and arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder may be recommended. If you want to contiue working at UPS or do ANYTHING of a "athletic nature" surgery is a must.
Because you said you were placing a box on a upper belt there is a 80% chance you have a SLAP tear.
Because you have a burning sensation, a grinding and a pop... I am surprised the doctor didn't tear up the weight restriction and PLACE IT IN A SLING TO PREVENT YOU FROM USING IT FOR 6 WEEKS - TAW (Time Away from WORK...