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zebatov posted...

Pretty sure work wants to avoid a lost-time injury on their record and I dont blame them. Im still relatively new there as well. I took a hard road through the mountains to get to a delivery and jarred my thumb pretty bad on wheel. The washboard gravel caused by logging trucks made the road awful to drive. I lost the stick and the wheel, and the truck wasnt stopping because the tires were skipping off the ground. It wasnt fun at all.

Honestly, that doesn't even sound like it would actually warrant a worker's comp claim, except possibly for time lost going to the ER (which your work could just pay you for if they ant to avoid the blemish on their record). Presumably, you didn't have to pay to get it checked out, treatment is just splinting it and being careful for the next couple weeks, and it's unlikely you'll suffer any serious long-term consequences, so I wouldn't expect much by way of monetary costs. It's probably still not a bad idea to get the forms filled out so the whole incident is documented if you do develop long-term issues and need to seek compensation somewhere down the line, but I wouldn't think there's much rush on that.

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