02-04-2012, 11:49 PM
Hello everyone 
I have a question to ask in regards to my husband.
Three weeks ago, he broke his finger on the job (FedEx). He's been receiving Worker's comp (only received one check so far). It's not by any means a serious injury. He just got his stitches removed on Thursday. He was cleared to return to work today (Saturday) and he felt fine to do so. No pain, break is pretty much healed. Well, today he got a surprise. My husband, in the middle of the work day, took off his band-aid and saw under the bright lights that there was still some stitches leftover! He finished up the day and went to the original ER where he got the stitches and the ER doctor said that the fingertip may need to be re-opened to pull them out. His doctor will need to do this. I have no idea what this will entail and if he will be able to return to work right away.
Now...my question is...Can he still get worker's comp from returning this one day to work if the doctor says he cannot work because of this mistake?
We live in NJ, if that helps.
Thanks in advance!

I have a question to ask in regards to my husband.
Three weeks ago, he broke his finger on the job (FedEx). He's been receiving Worker's comp (only received one check so far). It's not by any means a serious injury. He just got his stitches removed on Thursday. He was cleared to return to work today (Saturday) and he felt fine to do so. No pain, break is pretty much healed. Well, today he got a surprise. My husband, in the middle of the work day, took off his band-aid and saw under the bright lights that there was still some stitches leftover! He finished up the day and went to the original ER where he got the stitches and the ER doctor said that the fingertip may need to be re-opened to pull them out. His doctor will need to do this. I have no idea what this will entail and if he will be able to return to work right away.
Now...my question is...Can he still get worker's comp from returning this one day to work if the doctor says he cannot work because of this mistake?
We live in NJ, if that helps.
Thanks in advance!