i need help bad

[bgeveshausen]

I have not talked to my employer yet, seeing as i work night.

At 9:40 pm i was getting a box out of the freezer for an elderly woman i work with, when i piece of cardboard fell out and lodged itself into my eye. I immediately flushed it but nothing came out. I spent maybe 10 minutes flushing it. So at this point it was approx 9:50 i promptly found my team lead, or assistant manager and informed him. He told me to find my manager, i could not find him. After looking for half hour we found him outside screwing around on the side of the building with a construction worker who is remodeling the store. We informed him what happened.He said its not a big deal flush your eye out. I did for another ten minutes, and he said you allright to go back to work? I said i still need to see the doctor and he told me we will see how you feel in a little while. I went back to my station, i have had some previous attendance problems and am on the fence of getting fired. He goes back there ten minutes later and said ill go fill out the paper work, after asking me how i was again. He did not finish the paperwork until 11:22 so he denied me medical care for approximately 20 minutes. I now have to miss from 2:15 am 8/8/09 until 9:00 pm 8/10/09 is there anything i can do about getting my pay?

[Still in Limbo]

Hi and Welcome to the Forum! If You have been to the Dr., and they have told You not to Return until then, it will Depend what State Your Injury happened in, because w/c is State Specific. (Please See the Thread at the Top of this Page). There is Usually a Waiting Period for w/c, and if You are only going to be Out a Couple Days, You may want to Use Vacation Days or Sick Days. But Follow the Dr.'s Orders to a T, in case You have Problems with Your Eye Later! I Hope this Helped, and Have a Great Weekend!!

[1171]

you can contact your local labor commissioner; they handle wage and hour issues under your states labor laws.
workers comp has a waiting period from 3 days to a week and doesn't handle wages --only disability.