Anyone been hurt at work???

My son is a volunteer firefighter here in NJ and would love to go fulltime w/ that but w/ budget cuts etc, he can't even get a job w/ DPW driving a recycling truck.For all of his late night early morning calls he gets a check for $750 per year,but he's not in it for the money.The comraderee and thrill you get of fighting them fires is what keeps him going plus he likes ripping holes in walls and venting roofs w/ a chainsaw;plus the beer lol.

 

Hoping to hear good news!

 

My son had same day surgery for a ruptured disc. Back to work in 2 months (light duty) Pain is gone and no side effects.Do the surgery and get it over with.

 

I work for a Board of Ed ;we have one guy who's been recieving Workman's comp for one year,another close to two years;and at least 3 more that have "developed" job related injuries when they learned they were slated for termination(as long as you're on workman's comp you can't be terminated)Bear in mind that we only have 52 full timers in our maintenance department. I can't blame the school board for outsourcing (privatizing) all of us . These guys are killing the goose that laid the golden egg.I've only been out of work for 3 months in 35 years ,due to surgery and couldn't wait to get back to work,the inactivity was making me nuts.You have to blame the workman comp doctor that allows these guys to stay out when they really could be back at work,but I guess he is afraid of lawsuits if he sends them back to soon and they re injure themselves.

 

DDude first thing first. Workers comp is really to compensate you when you are injured on the job. I realize you know this, but unfortunately its been abused so excessively that now it has to be proven you are truly injured.
I agree if you are pushing people around the hospital and it bothers your back then you should not do it.
you should be back in time to collect on my 120000 miles step. If I'm still here lol.
Having a typical Roehl day as of lately. I'm 5 minutes from home been waiting for 2 hours to relay to a diver that was, "tracking" an hour away. Lol. He was doing a 34. Because they had another driver relaying my load to him, but no one explained that to any of us. So when I mentioned canada to the first one he called and got taken off. So I sat waiting for the guy that was coming. He finally woke up and called me. He now is on his way here. Can I get detention for relay? Lol Prolly not at Roehl.
happy father's day.

 

After the pain meds wear off you still might feel phantom pain signals for awhile.My kid went back to work doing beer delivery 2 months after surgery for a herniated disc,(no light duty)2 months after the surgery.Too much work too soon he ended up losing that job;they were killing him with those full kegs up and down steps. Now he's started training today, dry vans with Swift out of Harrisberg PA.one full year after his surgery.If he makes it through training and gets his own truck ,I'll tell him about that 5th wheel puller. In my son's case the chiropractor sent him for the MRI when he realized the severity of the injury.Thanks to Obamacare he's covered on my insurance till he's 26,just has no dental plan.If he becomes a Swifty he'll take their Dental plan.
Hope all goes well with your recovery;.Talk to the chiropractor about back strengthening exercises.