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Injury question, what to expect?
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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 819047" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>Hindsight is 20/20 but he should have filled out the accident report while in the safety office and then he should have gone to the medical facility of his choice to have the injury examined. A supervisor would have probably been asked to go with him; if so, the injured employee does not have to let the supervisor in to the exam room nor does he have to give him access to his medical records. The only thing the sup would need are any notes related to work release and/or return to work status. The problem began when he waited until Thursday to seek medical attention and is basically given the rest of the week off to heal with a return to work date of Monday. Filling or not filling the script does not really matter here, allthough I would have opted to fill the script. He is then asked to go see the company physician who clears him to go back to work immediately with no restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>I think that at this point I would have gone back to the medical facility where he had gone for the initial exam, showed them the paperwork from the company doctor, and asked for a reevaluation. A supervisor would have been asked to go with you for this visit. If the doctor stands by his original diagnosis and does not release you from duty until Monday you must abide by his decision as you cannot return to work until you are cleared. If the doctor decides to allow you to return but with restrictions then your supervisor must find alternate work for you (scanning?).</p><p> </p><p>As for legal action for lost wages I would think that the fact that you waited until Thursday to seek medical attention would mean that you chose to forfeit those wages.</p><p> </p><p>This is how the scenario should have gone down. You get hurt, you fill out the accident report, you go to the doctor, you file under comp, the doctor puts you out of work until Monday, you go back to the doctor on Monday to get cleared, you go back to work on Monday and you wait for the comp settlement. You could also choose to use personal/sick time to make up for the lost days. The ideal would be if the doctor would have released you with restrictions so you could have been put on light duty for the 4 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 819047, member: 12570"] Hindsight is 20/20 but he should have filled out the accident report while in the safety office and then he should have gone to the medical facility of his choice to have the injury examined. A supervisor would have probably been asked to go with him; if so, the injured employee does not have to let the supervisor in to the exam room nor does he have to give him access to his medical records. The only thing the sup would need are any notes related to work release and/or return to work status. The problem began when he waited until Thursday to seek medical attention and is basically given the rest of the week off to heal with a return to work date of Monday. Filling or not filling the script does not really matter here, allthough I would have opted to fill the script. He is then asked to go see the company physician who clears him to go back to work immediately with no restrictions. I think that at this point I would have gone back to the medical facility where he had gone for the initial exam, showed them the paperwork from the company doctor, and asked for a reevaluation. A supervisor would have been asked to go with you for this visit. If the doctor stands by his original diagnosis and does not release you from duty until Monday you must abide by his decision as you cannot return to work until you are cleared. If the doctor decides to allow you to return but with restrictions then your supervisor must find alternate work for you (scanning?). As for legal action for lost wages I would think that the fact that you waited until Thursday to seek medical attention would mean that you chose to forfeit those wages. This is how the scenario should have gone down. You get hurt, you fill out the accident report, you go to the doctor, you file under comp, the doctor puts you out of work until Monday, you go back to the doctor on Monday to get cleared, you go back to work on Monday and you wait for the comp settlement. You could also choose to use personal/sick time to make up for the lost days. The ideal would be if the doctor would have released you with restrictions so you could have been put on light duty for the 4 days. [/QUOTE]
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