03-04-2008, 03:04 AM
Name Travis
age 25
injury date 9/7/07
state of injury alaska
I'm fairly new to injuries @ work. I was at my last job for awhile and was offered more to go else where so I did(which they low balled me and gave me only .50 cents more it was a waste. was offered 2$ an hr more at 1st). It was a mistake 4 days later I had a fall that changed everything, I ended up breaking the radius and ulna bone, and ulna through the join, hyper extended my wrist. that was on Sept 7th 07, I had a cast on for 6weeks, it was healed i had physical therapy 2 times a week. I still have pain when i move my wrist in any direction, and worse the dr was just increasing weight restrictions week after week, my employer did not follow them. I came back after 2 weeks They had fired the other drive for smoking the green, it was my fault really I noticed he high after lunch said something and then they fired him besides the point since he was fired I was the other driver left, So boxes and products weighing in @ 10- 100lbs I had to lift, the current restrictions were No use of L arm including elbow(they had me lifting boxes with my left elbow and right hand so i told the dr she wrote a note for that), I still had a cast on it was green i had went to the drs 3 weeks later and she had put me in a new cast that was white to see if i was following I was my employer was puting me in predicaments where i had to I didn't have to but in fear of fired or anything I did just with one arm. The dr noticed and was going to put me out of work since it was dirty, i told her i can't afford to live on 80% of my pay. so she kept me @ work and still same restrictions, 6 weeks came cast removed wore a "splint" was painful to move but was healed which i've seen the xrays bone is healed painful in motion. So she wrote a note for 5lbs, then a week later 10lb then a week later i seen a hand specialist in the same hospital she said PT and it will be ok increased to 20, then 4 weeks later increased to 25 etc.. which during this period I've been harassed by fellow employees about therapy calling it P**** therapy and the manager knowing, i delt with that for 3 weeks the manager told me it'd stop it still went on. One day We were loading a floor cleaning machine and it was about 700lbs Co worker said help put it in I said no, he said your hands fine p word again, and i said really are you a doctor? he got mad and tried to start something i backed up because i did not want to lose my job over that manager came out and said hey hey name* stop so he backed up I was mad out of anger i said that P s* better stop its getting old it did...Well I was given a write up for being 30 mins late which is okay, but they added Due to Myname being late the truck was not loaded on time and it was therefor late by 1hour, but the weight restrictions prevented me from lifting anything?
i told my employer I need to STOP being put in situations where im forced to lift more then the restrictions are so they started sending someone with me to help so he has been helping etc. my weight restrictions were lifted to 50lb 2 weeks ago(feb 21st) and it was hurting bad it always does the doc ordered a MRI that would be done 8 weeks from that date I can't wait that long so i decided since in Alaska you can change drs. once I went to another hand specialist and he pretty much cut the weight to 10lbs 20lb freq, feb 27th at 8am, he sent me to there MRI machine, etc. did a few tests said the something nerve seems ok the scalpel something? is ok we will wait for your MRI results and follow up a week later, well Today march 3rd my employer brought me up stairs harassed me about changing drs and told me to go to the last dr? Said they've tried calling my current dr to ask why, as they did with my last dr tried to call her and ask why but I did within the law? the pamplet i got said "you can change doctors once just notify the insurance company" I did, they want me to make an appt to see the last doctor I seen which kept increasing and not actually figuring out whats wrong..
It made me very angry they are 2nd guessing what the dr is saying and I do not like this I would like to quit but I can't until the doctor has released me.. People have said see an attorney but I can not afford one, I know some will do it for a fee if i win. I'm not sure what to do i started keeping logs of this but What can i expect if i do file any suits or talk to a lawyer, or should I have a lawyer speak on my behalf to any insurance or my employer? They also told me in that "meeting" that they had nothing for me to do but Im still there doing the same job im doing?
I'm hoping some people on this forum can really help me in my problems or opinions!
Thank you for all your replies (if i get any)
age 25
injury date 9/7/07
state of injury alaska
I'm fairly new to injuries @ work. I was at my last job for awhile and was offered more to go else where so I did(which they low balled me and gave me only .50 cents more it was a waste. was offered 2$ an hr more at 1st). It was a mistake 4 days later I had a fall that changed everything, I ended up breaking the radius and ulna bone, and ulna through the join, hyper extended my wrist. that was on Sept 7th 07, I had a cast on for 6weeks, it was healed i had physical therapy 2 times a week. I still have pain when i move my wrist in any direction, and worse the dr was just increasing weight restrictions week after week, my employer did not follow them. I came back after 2 weeks They had fired the other drive for smoking the green, it was my fault really I noticed he high after lunch said something and then they fired him besides the point since he was fired I was the other driver left, So boxes and products weighing in @ 10- 100lbs I had to lift, the current restrictions were No use of L arm including elbow(they had me lifting boxes with my left elbow and right hand so i told the dr she wrote a note for that), I still had a cast on it was green i had went to the drs 3 weeks later and she had put me in a new cast that was white to see if i was following I was my employer was puting me in predicaments where i had to I didn't have to but in fear of fired or anything I did just with one arm. The dr noticed and was going to put me out of work since it was dirty, i told her i can't afford to live on 80% of my pay. so she kept me @ work and still same restrictions, 6 weeks came cast removed wore a "splint" was painful to move but was healed which i've seen the xrays bone is healed painful in motion. So she wrote a note for 5lbs, then a week later 10lb then a week later i seen a hand specialist in the same hospital she said PT and it will be ok increased to 20, then 4 weeks later increased to 25 etc.. which during this period I've been harassed by fellow employees about therapy calling it P**** therapy and the manager knowing, i delt with that for 3 weeks the manager told me it'd stop it still went on. One day We were loading a floor cleaning machine and it was about 700lbs Co worker said help put it in I said no, he said your hands fine p word again, and i said really are you a doctor? he got mad and tried to start something i backed up because i did not want to lose my job over that manager came out and said hey hey name* stop so he backed up I was mad out of anger i said that P s* better stop its getting old it did...Well I was given a write up for being 30 mins late which is okay, but they added Due to Myname being late the truck was not loaded on time and it was therefor late by 1hour, but the weight restrictions prevented me from lifting anything?
i told my employer I need to STOP being put in situations where im forced to lift more then the restrictions are so they started sending someone with me to help so he has been helping etc. my weight restrictions were lifted to 50lb 2 weeks ago(feb 21st) and it was hurting bad it always does the doc ordered a MRI that would be done 8 weeks from that date I can't wait that long so i decided since in Alaska you can change drs. once I went to another hand specialist and he pretty much cut the weight to 10lbs 20lb freq, feb 27th at 8am, he sent me to there MRI machine, etc. did a few tests said the something nerve seems ok the scalpel something? is ok we will wait for your MRI results and follow up a week later, well Today march 3rd my employer brought me up stairs harassed me about changing drs and told me to go to the last dr? Said they've tried calling my current dr to ask why, as they did with my last dr tried to call her and ask why but I did within the law? the pamplet i got said "you can change doctors once just notify the insurance company" I did, they want me to make an appt to see the last doctor I seen which kept increasing and not actually figuring out whats wrong..
It made me very angry they are 2nd guessing what the dr is saying and I do not like this I would like to quit but I can't until the doctor has released me.. People have said see an attorney but I can not afford one, I know some will do it for a fee if i win. I'm not sure what to do i started keeping logs of this but What can i expect if i do file any suits or talk to a lawyer, or should I have a lawyer speak on my behalf to any insurance or my employer? They also told me in that "meeting" that they had nothing for me to do but Im still there doing the same job im doing?
I'm hoping some people on this forum can really help me in my problems or opinions!
Thank you for all your replies (if i get any)