Sorry, first of all, about your accident. I think you
should talk with a lawyer asap. Frankly, to me, it
sounds like your boss is being unreasonable, and
he/she should be more flexible...after all, you did
injure yourself on the job, something no employer
likes to deal with. When you're on short term
disability, you're not required to work at all, until
it's over. The fact that he/she expected you to go on
with an injured leg is pretty inhumane. You need to
stand up for yourself and tell your boss where to go.
Isn't your health more important than your job? I
would hope so. Also, check out www.cobrainsurance.com.
I believe there's a law that if you quit or are layed
off from a job, you still receive some benefits of
your health insurance. Check that out and good luck.
--- rivetjen@... wrote:
> Greeting all! I am glad to have found this group. A
> not so short
> synopsis of my ACLT: Occurred on the job while
> working as a slave and
> 20 hrs OT for the week. I work nights in a warehouse
> filling hospital
> orders. HR didn't schedule me to see the Dr. until 2
> days later. I
> worked on it 2 more nights with terrible pain and
> the knee kept
> locking/sticking. Dr. suspected ACLT, MRI scheduled.
> Given SIT ONLY
> instructions which my supervisor had other ideas and
> put me on the
> shipping dock double-checking totes before they were
> loaded on the
> trucks. I sat maybe 5 minutes the entire shift.
> Double-check
> consists of pushing/pulling/shoving a stack of totes
> over 5 feet high
> to a desk area (I'm not exactly tall to begin with),
> inspecting each
> one, one by one, putting into another stack and
> returning this stack
> to it's proper staging location. The final straw was
> an unusually
> heavy stack; it felt as if my leg was on fire and
> ready to explode.
> I, not so gracefully, convinced my supervisor I
> needed to go home.
> MRI 2 days later confirmed a near complete ACLT,
> referral to surgeon
> who confirmed a complete ACLT. I am still working
> though the company
> did finally decide I was a "liability" and put me
> doing light office
> duty. I am scheduled to have surgery February 26.
> As this is a WC
> claim, I was wondering if anyone else has had the
> privilege
> of "jumping through hoops"? Am I required to remain
> in the company's
> employ or can I quit the god-forsaken job and still
> get the
> benefits? I have a work-at-home job I do on the side
> that at this
> point would prefer to devote more time doing VS
> being slave labor.
> Got a call from the insurance company, seems they
> expect to have me
> back in the warehouse 1 week after surgery since the
> company is
> complying with the light duty.
>
> Fed up and burned out,
> JenR ~ Colorado
>
>
>


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