How to Prove On-the-Job Injuries

When you are hurt on the job and cannot work or need medical care, you have to provide information to prove that the job caused the injury. If you do not know how to prove on-the-job injuries, you may end up losing time from work without pay and having to rely on your medical insurance to pay for your medical bills. You need to know what to say, how to explain the injury and take steps to report the injury so that the proof is in writing.

Instructions

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  Tell a co-worker, supervisor and anyone else around you that you have been injured. Even if you think that the injury is slight and not important, report it right away. You may not have to go to the doctor at that minute, but the next day, you may feel the effects of the injury and need medical attention.

• 2

  Go to the medical facility of your choice to have the injury checked. complete the paperwork for a work related injury. This is important if you are going to prove it was caused at work. This will also require the doctor to detail your injury to the workman compensation insurance company.

• 3

  Follow all directions given to you by the doctor. Do not do anything that you are not supposed to do. This is very important if you are going to prove you have an injury.

• 4

  Write out a report for the company if you did not do it the day the injury occurred. Give minute-to-minute details. Explain where you were, what you were doing and how the injury occurred. You should list any witnesses and the people that you told about the injury.

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  Answer any questions that arise from your written report and the doctor report. Make sure that you have your story straight. This may mean that you should write down what you submitted to the doctor and the company. Memories can be vague after a while.

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  Demonstrate how the injury occurred if asked to, but have someone else such as the supervisor follow your instructions. This way the supervisor will see exactly how the injury occurred and be able to relay this information to the insurance company.

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  Follow these steps and do not offer to reconstruct the time when the injury happened yourself. Keep your story truthful and do not offer any information such as outside of work activities if asked. Stick to the workplace and hold your ground.