What is the name of your state?Michigan
I am 41 years old, and have Hepatitus C. I suspect i contracted it at work in a fall. I was in a state police blood crime lab, removeing old window blinds and replacing them with new. There was no place to stand except on the counter top, that turned out to be a removeable section, not secured. While pulling out the old blind the counter top collapsed. I cut myself either on the old blind, or on a plexiglass shroud that surrounds a centrifical force blood separater. I went to a redicare and recieved 3 stiches for the cut. The next day I was called back to the Lab. where the state took an accident report on the incident, (i gave a copy to my employer and i have one) and advised to get my blood tested, as every rapest, murderer,drug addict etc....was tested there, And on occassion a vial of blood breaks. I went back to the redicare and told them I needed my blood tested, due to the accident. They asked tested for what? I said that the lab told me they would know. No tests were run as they didnt know what to test for. This was 10 years ago.
1 1/2 years ago i went in for a physical, and was told i have Hep C. The doctors assured me the fall was probably not where i had goten it. As i had tried Cocaine about 6 times in my life. they say this was the most likely source. (Never injected, just snorted.) Im presently entering my 5th month of a 6 month treatment, that im told is about 3700 dollars a month, and am almost cured. My wifes HMO is covering 99% of the cost.
My question is do i have any chance of workers comp covering this with a short history of Cocaine use? (Very short use.) Should my employer have took his own accident report.( as he did not and never does when an employee reports a fall, back strain, or other work related injury)
I am 41 years old, and have Hepatitus C. I suspect i contracted it at work in a fall. I was in a state police blood crime lab, removeing old window blinds and replacing them with new. There was no place to stand except on the counter top, that turned out to be a removeable section, not secured. While pulling out the old blind the counter top collapsed. I cut myself either on the old blind, or on a plexiglass shroud that surrounds a centrifical force blood separater. I went to a redicare and recieved 3 stiches for the cut. The next day I was called back to the Lab. where the state took an accident report on the incident, (i gave a copy to my employer and i have one) and advised to get my blood tested, as every rapest, murderer,drug addict etc....was tested there, And on occassion a vial of blood breaks. I went back to the redicare and told them I needed my blood tested, due to the accident. They asked tested for what? I said that the lab told me they would know. No tests were run as they didnt know what to test for. This was 10 years ago.
1 1/2 years ago i went in for a physical, and was told i have Hep C. The doctors assured me the fall was probably not where i had goten it. As i had tried Cocaine about 6 times in my life. they say this was the most likely source. (Never injected, just snorted.) Im presently entering my 5th month of a 6 month treatment, that im told is about 3700 dollars a month, and am almost cured. My wifes HMO is covering 99% of the cost.
My question is do i have any chance of workers comp covering this with a short history of Cocaine use? (Very short use.) Should my employer have took his own accident report.( as he did not and never does when an employee reports a fall, back strain, or other work related injury)