When injured, ignore company policy and just call 911.
Posted on 05/14/2005 by Electrimagician
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Scenario: I’m an industrial electrician / electronics tech / process control instrumentation technician with 20 + years of experience and certifications galore. I know the process and equipment inside out and am the “go-to guy” in the operation, a.k.a. The Fabulous Mister Fixit.
Enter: A new supervisor who is clueless electrically, thinks we are prima donnas and decides to assert his authority.
Event: My back went out at work. Excruciating pain. I asked my supervisor to send me to the company doctor but was told that I was faking and to get back to work. I called Ms. Human Relations, who after consulting with my supervisor, denied permission to see the doctor. My moronic boss (redundant) then assigned me to a job that involved crawling into cramped areas and climbing ladders. My co-workers helped me by doing the work while I leaned against a garbage bag full of ice. After several hours of steadily increasing pain, I again asked to see the doctor and was again denied permission. In desperation, I called my wife to pick me up. I again asked to leave to see the doctor and was again denied permission. We left for the emergency room 30 minutes before the shift ended.
Injury: The damage to my spine was so severe that the ER doc called in a neurosurgeon. I was in surgery the next morning, and was later advised that I had narrowly escaped becoming a paraplegic.
Insult: When I reported for work after a 2 month recovery period, my idiot supervisor (redundant again) and the VP of HR greeted me at the door with a reprimand for insubordination because I left work 30 minutes early without permission, and gave me a 5 day suspension without pay!
Lesson: When injured, ignore company policy and just call 911.
The Moral of This Story: When God created the world, He did not make enough horse’s front ends, which explains why there are so many horse’s asses running around loose.
POST A COMMENTDharmadee(06/01/2006)
You have documentation, this IS a lawsuit. Put it together cohesively, you obviously have the skill, and scare the living HELL out of them. Disgusting pigs, I am hoping they will be visited by a horde of locusts. By the way, you are entitled to "worker's comp."
walkingInMyOwnShoes (06/01/2006)
Your outfit and mine must have been reading the same page from the same (law) book. Wonder if the company lawyer borrowed a page from the big anti labor lawyers?
walkingInMyOwnShoes (06/01/2006)
Did your back heal and are you working again?
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