-> RG> Wound up being forced to file an on the job injury claim,
-> RG> taking a day off to go to the doctor for a Labor and
-> RG> Industries medical exam before I could return to work.
-> RG> Sometimes I think it's a tad on the overkill side
-> Until you find out the insurance paper work and other
-> legal stuff involved when that knee you banged, but
-> didn't report, swells up in the morning.
-> Also I think it is an OSHA requirement.
RG> Here it's a WISHA requirement _if_ the injury causes a loss
RG> of more then three days of work. And I've already got a bad
RG> shoulder from an unreported injury on the job in California,
RG> which I should have reported but was talked out of it (young
RG> and foolish).
RG> Just compared to Mike's reported injuries, I don't think my
RG> knee getting banged compared...
Seems to me when I was in management classes we were
told that OSHA required we report any and all injuries
or accidents. It might have just been company policy
to CYA for law suits.
Remember: Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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* Origin: My BBS * Dover, TN * (1:379/301.1)
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