Few days my wife hurt her back on the job. Filed a workman’s comp case. Company took her to the company dr. Took xrays, glanced around them and said there’s nothing wrong. Now I know and she knows there’s a serious injury going on. She can hardly stand up due to the pain. Her employer said they’ll write her up if she sees her dr for 2nd opinion, which to me sounds odd. If it were me I’d go see my dr anyway And call their bluff. I don’t even want to bring the L word into the picture but seems like it’s going that way already not even a week in.

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boy california has changed, I would contact the state labor board first for advice1

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She needs to see about her back. Employee sounds like a pos group to work for.

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Ya I’m surprised this place is Still in business. It’s a food place with horrible management. They throw away more Product than they process. Coincidentally her comp dr was the same as the company that I worked at. I cannot believe that this dr doesn’t have a malpractice lawsuit. I remember hearing guys at my work who got their hand mangled and this dr says it’s ok go back to work. I mean like mangled broken from going through the gears of a Hydraulic machine.

We shall see how all this goes. She’s afraid of pissing a manager off. I light just have a buddy call the hr and start asking questions to get them scared into submission

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FORGET about pissing anyone off, this is serious business .

My first hernia was on the job and the quack they sent me to changed his diagnosis the instant he discovered I was going to use a different non quack doctor, suddenly saying I was fine to go back to work when I couldn't even breathe deeply for the pain .

Then I had to go the state's appeal board, more quackery ensued but I refused to give up so after a while they relented and I got the surgery .

Your wife's back is more important than any one / thing else, I've been there and done that ~ get it fixed ASAP before more damage occurs .

Apparently these days they pretty much automatically deny all claims at first .

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I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Denial of claims initially has been common for years. Claims in Canada raise the employers premiums. For work mans compensation.


Hopefully your wife has no spine damage. You cannot tell a patient there is no issue just by observing an xray anyways. Pulled muscles and other issues can be the cause of the pain.


Here in Canada a policy of blue cross is to arbitrarily suspend benefits. Simply because they have found out most people will not sue.

Did you try to change your citizenship to just south of our boarder? Then you get free health care, free education to take you to an easier position somewhere else.

Feel free to make this post understandable .

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I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

hah hah!

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I been trying to get her to see a real dr. She refuses. Says the company said she had to wait 30 days and she signed some stuFf last year. I dunno. There’s a lot of doctors in the area that’ll take cash and no paperwork. Was trying to get her to see a dr off the books to Take an X-ray and at least give her a straight answer on stuff without putting osha into the picture. I wish she would put her needs above what the company says.

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Needs to see another Doctor, or a real Doctor quick. Like PDQ. She could be damaging her back more. I will say that the Company I work for take these things seriously. Any pain should be checked out.

Unfortunately, workmen's comp has morphed into a system that doesn't seem to work for anyone. over the years, people, family and associates have told me horror story after horror story regarding workmen's comp.

It is time to get a top rated workmen's comp lawyer involved. If you don't, your wife is going to continue to get screwed over. Remember, neither you nor she can put a dollar amount on her health.

Wise words. Without reasonable health you have nothing. The illness or problem dominates everything.

An x-ray can only reveal of there is a fracture. Likely she needs an MRI. ASAP.

Whatever she signed should not preclude her from getting legitimate medical care to treat a serious injury. Get care first, worry about the WC aspect later. You should also talk to a WC attorney; I think they most all work on a contingency so it should not set you back any $$.

Diagnostic imaging is your wife's friend. MRI, Cat Scan, X-ray, etc. a picture is worth a THOUSAND words. A WC lawyer can then send nasty grams to the workmen's compensation insurance carrier letting them know they best pay up or we'll see you in court.

BTW, there is an art and a science to writing a GREAT nasty gram. The other side has to FEEL THE PAIN or else they won't lift a finger.