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-> -> 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.
Don't confuse OSHA with WISHA.  OSHA has a reporting requirement, which
we met to fill the blanks in that yearly injury report.  WISHA controls
the Labor and Industries on the job injury claims in State...
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