What is the name of your state? MO
I was injured on the job over two months ago. Radial nerve has jumped out of the cubital(sp) tunnel causing extreme pain.I filed the accident report the next morning(work nights).It took HR two weeks to even get me to a Company dr. He said only way to fix it is surgery and wrote orders for a one-armed job. Took a month to get to Ortho Dr and he also said only way to fix is surgery but to try a padded brace and B vitamins for three weeks then come back. Well its stupid to wear a padded elbow brace which puts pressure on the nerve constantly and I really dont understand the vitamins part. I 'assume' that this is company procedure to weed out people faking injuries. All this time, I have never been put on a one-armed job, I bring it up and they say that they dont have one armed jobs. I asked my HR person about it and she says, "oh be a man, you can handle it". She also told me that if I do have surgery, that she will make sure it is on a friday so that I can return to work on my regular Sunday night 11pm-7 am shift. Mind you, I work in a factory which makes steel and aluminum wheels. We are currently making 50lb Lincoln Navigator wheels at a rate of 5000 a shift.
I go to the Ortho dr tomorrow and I am gonna to tell him the truth, my damn arm hurts and I want it fixed. I have lost thousands of dollars in over time in the last few month because Im not allowed to work it with an open WC case. I dont think it is right to force someone back to work immediately after having surgery were part of my elbow bone will be carved and removed.
Am I able to take some FMLA to let my arm heal properly? Or should this be a short term disablity thing at 66% of my wages? I guess what I need to know is, How do I handle this? Will I be compensated and at what rate? Can anyone offer advice or what I should expect to be the outcome of all this? I do not want to gripe at my job, but I feel that they are doing me wrong already.
I was injured on the job over two months ago. Radial nerve has jumped out of the cubital(sp) tunnel causing extreme pain.I filed the accident report the next morning(work nights).It took HR two weeks to even get me to a Company dr. He said only way to fix it is surgery and wrote orders for a one-armed job. Took a month to get to Ortho Dr and he also said only way to fix is surgery but to try a padded brace and B vitamins for three weeks then come back. Well its stupid to wear a padded elbow brace which puts pressure on the nerve constantly and I really dont understand the vitamins part. I 'assume' that this is company procedure to weed out people faking injuries. All this time, I have never been put on a one-armed job, I bring it up and they say that they dont have one armed jobs. I asked my HR person about it and she says, "oh be a man, you can handle it". She also told me that if I do have surgery, that she will make sure it is on a friday so that I can return to work on my regular Sunday night 11pm-7 am shift. Mind you, I work in a factory which makes steel and aluminum wheels. We are currently making 50lb Lincoln Navigator wheels at a rate of 5000 a shift.
I go to the Ortho dr tomorrow and I am gonna to tell him the truth, my damn arm hurts and I want it fixed. I have lost thousands of dollars in over time in the last few month because Im not allowed to work it with an open WC case. I dont think it is right to force someone back to work immediately after having surgery were part of my elbow bone will be carved and removed.
Am I able to take some FMLA to let my arm heal properly? Or should this be a short term disablity thing at 66% of my wages? I guess what I need to know is, How do I handle this? Will I be compensated and at what rate? Can anyone offer advice or what I should expect to be the outcome of all this? I do not want to gripe at my job, but I feel that they are doing me wrong already.
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