back pain

Some companies don't recognize chiropractors as legitimate doctors,where other companies do. It really depends on what kind of working relationship you have with your company as to whether they will take any disciplinary action or not.

 

If you get fired for that and the doctor wrote it out that you need to rest for a couple days...I'd think you should be looking for another company anyways.

 

Yep, what you did can pull a muscle.
Also, carrying a wallet in your back pocket can cause back pain. This causes the spine to curve. Many truckers find out the hard way.

 

Thank you for the reminder there... I always forget to empty my back pockets before I start to drive.

 

If you're an employee and you hurt it on the job, tell them as soon as something like that happens..it will go in as a work related issue. your co. will send you to someone they approve. They cannot fire you for a work injury because of a work comp laws. Big trouble for them if they do.

 

So, let me get this straight… If three people call out with the flu, and do you happen to be the unlucky fourth person with the flu to try and call out, you're SOL?

Sorry folks. I don't give a #### what your memo says. If I don't feel like driving because I'm sick or injured, guess what? The truck is not moving, at least not with me at the helm it isn't.

It should not be too late for you to file a workers comp claim, the issue being though that you waited so long to file it. The reason you file as soon as the injury happens is so that it's harder for the company, or insurance adjusters, to prove that it was not an on-the-job injury.

Can you? Yes. But I wish you all the best of luck trying to get them to pay. I would be marching into the office with a note from the doctor detailing exactly what the injury is, as well as how it happened.

Don't forget, while your company can take away your job they cannot take away your CDL. If you happen to get in an accident due to your being sick or unfit to drive, your company is blameless. You lose your job, and your CDL at that point.

As I've always said, it boils down to who ever you want to piss off the least.

 

I always keep my wallet in my front pocket. I found out the hard way

 

1st truck I was assigned when I started with Crete was from a guy out on medical. He was trying to adjust his tandems, pulled the handle at just the wrong angle with the right amount of pressure and pinched a nerve, or slipped a disk between his shoulders. His arm went completely limp and numb. Had to be hauled to the hospital by ambulance because they feared any more wrong moves could damage it permanently. He was out for months.

Back pain is nothing to ignore. It could be something as minor as a muscle strain or as bad as a ruptured disk or worse. If it is something simple, if not given time to heal, it could get chronic. And with the roads in the shape they are in, driving with back problems usually only makes the problem worse.