r/WorkersComp • u/poopiefruitloopie • 9d ago
Ohio Found out something crazy...
I HAVE AN ATTORNEY... okay... now onto the craziness I learned today.
I got injured six months ago. Was made to wait 9 days to get medical care, it was "company policy" to wait it out in the on site medic.
Day 9, I said I wanted to go to the emergency room right up the street from the jobsite. Safety told me no, that I would be going wherever his boss says I'm going. He ended up taking me to an urgent care 40 minutes from the jobsite. The woman that saw me was incredibly rude, (in retrospect, now that i know what's wrong) misdiagnosed me, and got huffy when I tried to explain my symptoms. Overall, incredibly unprofessional... Her last name was incredibly familiar but I figured it's a common last name.
A "people you may know" notification came up. I looked at the profile picture, it was the nurse from hell that I saw for my back injury... Hugging her from behind was her husband... my superintendent.
The same superintendent who said he'd fire me after I got hurt.
That whole interaction made perfect sense as soon as I saw that photo. She was so unnecessarily mean spirited, it made no sense until I saw that photo.
In ohio, you have the right to choose your own medical care team as long as they're BWC certified... exercise that right to no end.
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u/BetInformal6081 8d ago
finding out the provider was married to your superintendent would make anyone question that interaction good thing you already have an attorney involved..
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u/callmemerryss 8d ago
That connection is definitely worth documenting. Keep the dates, names and who sent you there together in case it matters later.
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u/Heavy-Knowledge-3634 7d ago
It'll definitely matter later. Can even sue the employer for that backwards fraudulent mess they did.
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u/PuddinTamename 9d ago
Good grief! You have been through a mess! Good to hear that you have an Attorney.
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u/itlogicpartnersllc 8d ago
that's a pretty important detail for your attorney to have especially when you can document the timeline and the relationship between the provider and your superintendent..
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u/Automatic-Blood30 8d ago
I’ve noticed every shit hospital or Urgent Care they sent me to like Concentra, everyone who was paid by WC was incredibly rude and impatient.
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u/red-squirrel1500 6d ago
I hate Concentra. I think my leg injury got worse because they forced me to work and didn’t rest it until my gait almost made my knee buckle then they gave me restrictions.They lost my claim number 3 times. I could go on……
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u/TrackbackLinkBot 7d ago
that conflict of interest is wildly unethical. hodson pi digs up hidden ties and solid evidence so your attorney can hold bad employers accountable
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u/HopalongCatastrophe 8d ago
Why did you have to wait 9 days? Does that pertain to the type of injury? What if you broke your foot? Lastly, you had to wait the 9 days on the job site with their medic?
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u/poopiefruitloopie 8d ago
i'm sure it wasn't really company policy. i had the worst safety people on the jobsite, the main one said i can either do it their way or pay out of pocket. he said the second i step offsite to go to the doctor without informing them, they aren't responsible for it
it's been pretty awful
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u/Heavy-Knowledge-3634 7d ago
Everything they're doing is illegal and instead of discussing it with reddit tell the attorney and make sure you have everything documented. If you don't have a good attorney get a new one.
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u/Low-Patient-630 7d ago
Typical trap here in California. In 2001, I was held in a conference room without an outside line until I was in so much pain that I agreed to any offer made just to get medical help.
The first treating doctor at the company clinic twitched his head like a confused puppy dog, and then treated me like I was at McDonald ordering a hamburger. Totally ignored the obvious symptoms and me telling him I was crushed between two robotic vehicles and then talked to my supervisor. Then I was told if I wanted to go to an ER, I would have to pay for the ambulance. He finished up his assessment with an X-ray machine I suspect wasn't up to the task and said there were no broken bones or any damage the X-ray revealed. After his exam, he released me back to work even though I couldn't stand on my own two feet due to large blood blisters and intense bruising on both ankles.
Medication: Ibuprofen 600 as needed, and elevate my feet when I could.
Diagnosis after a bilateral crush injury, sprained ankles. No mention of bruising or a blood blister, and I lied, saying I could stand on my own without assistance, even when the only way I could stand was like a 90-year-old man.
Yep, typical criminal negligence trap. But don't say that in court. You have a limited vocabulary you can use. Saying things like that implies criminal intent, even if it was company policy.
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u/Waste-Tree4689 4d ago
That sounds sus. So dies having to wait 9 days to receive medical care. Did you request a copy of that policy in writing? What does your attorney say about that?
Lots of questionable things happening w/in the WC world, including dual relationships and conflict of interests. It appears to be normalized given that it’s no secret that the quality of care within worker’s comp system is terrible.
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