lovemylife
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- Sep 3, 2008
My DH was injured at work on Dec 13. He was walking at the new construction site for his place of employment. There were deep ruts where the trucks had gone through and was covered with ice and snow. Now he did not see the ice or know that there was a rut. He slipped and dislocated his left knee. His knee cap was completely to the side of the knee. He was transported to the hospital via ambulance. His employer was notified immediately and was at the hospital when I arrived. Workman's comp was obviously called into deal with all of the bills and his time off of work. He has been off for 1 month. WC has paid all medical bills so far but we have only received 1 check and that was a guesstimated check for $473 for a 2 week period. They did not know how much to pay him because his HR didn't fill out their paperwork that was needed. Needless to say, this is a nightmare. His HR, management and payroll do NOT communicate. Payroll did not know how to pay him because his boss put in for sick time. So they paid him out of his vacation bank. Thankfully he has a lot of hours in there. So we talked to WC and they said that they had sent out 2 more checks for sums nearing $3000. We have received nothing, his payroll has received nothing. His HR will not return phone calls to my DH. Now, his payroll lady is going crazy as to what to do with his pay, still paying out of vacation time. We said that they can have the WC checks and just divide by hourly wage and put that amount back into vacation bank. She does not have a clue as to what to do. We have been paid out of my DH vacation, but WC has paid 80% of his wage. We obviously cannot be accepting both pay, right? What do we do, when these checks finally come in.
Also, his knee is really not good and his physical therapist said it may never be right. For his job, he has to walk a lot, climb ladders (lots of them), bend down to get readings, do a lot of physical work. Now he went back yesterday for the first time. Dr.gave him light duty and bosses finally let him back (because somebody quit). He really did not do anything and his knee was swollen and extremely sore. Now his dr also said that he will not let him be released as whole until he totally is, which we appreciate, but for his job, his bosses will only let light duty go for a period of 3 weeks. What recourse do we have for his work? WC? Payroll? Also, does anybody know how to handle it if his knee does not ever heal correctly. Both dr and PT said it will never be right again. The knee cap is very loose and still moves with hardly any motion.
Some people he works with said he should sue the construction company for the situation and others said sue the employer for unsafe conditions. I do not know about any of that. I am just worried about his knee and how to handle the situations stated above. He is 3 years away from being able to be vested to collect his pension at 55. He really needs to make those 3 years but his employers are not happy right now and very eager to get rid of pension employees. He is thinking that this will be their reason. He has nothing else against him, just he cannot and may not be able to do the job at his previous abilities.
Sorry for this being so long. TIA
Also, his knee is really not good and his physical therapist said it may never be right. For his job, he has to walk a lot, climb ladders (lots of them), bend down to get readings, do a lot of physical work. Now he went back yesterday for the first time. Dr.gave him light duty and bosses finally let him back (because somebody quit). He really did not do anything and his knee was swollen and extremely sore. Now his dr also said that he will not let him be released as whole until he totally is, which we appreciate, but for his job, his bosses will only let light duty go for a period of 3 weeks. What recourse do we have for his work? WC? Payroll? Also, does anybody know how to handle it if his knee does not ever heal correctly. Both dr and PT said it will never be right again. The knee cap is very loose and still moves with hardly any motion.
Some people he works with said he should sue the construction company for the situation and others said sue the employer for unsafe conditions. I do not know about any of that. I am just worried about his knee and how to handle the situations stated above. He is 3 years away from being able to be vested to collect his pension at 55. He really needs to make those 3 years but his employers are not happy right now and very eager to get rid of pension employees. He is thinking that this will be their reason. He has nothing else against him, just he cannot and may not be able to do the job at his previous abilities.
Sorry for this being so long. TIA