Getting hurt at work while not doing anything work related
I’m in the US as due to the wonders of the American healthcare system, that will impact the answer.
I’m a desk jockey, I write code. For the holidays,I got a fancy new mechanical keyboard. While reaching under my desk at work to plug it in, I pulled a back muscle so hard, I could basically not move.
I took Advil and waited, but it just got worse. I finally called my HMO’s advice nurse line and as soon as I mentioned I was at work, she suddenly stopped asking me about my symptoms or giving me advice, and started talking to me about workman’s comp, how this could be my employer’s responsibility, etc... she basically became a wall. Frustrated, I just hung up and went to urgent care (I slooowly got in my girlfriends car and she drove me). A couple muscle relaxants later, I’m basically ok, but my question is why did this happen? If my job was moving boxes or handling heavy machinery and I got hurt, then sure, I understand how this could be my employer’s responsibility, but in this case, I really don’t see it that way and I couldn’t get anything out of the advice nurse. Does merely getting hurt at work even if it has nothing to do with your job mean it’s on the employer? In the end, I am just really annoyed that before getting relief for the pain, I had to go through a where did this happen, did you tell your employer, etc...
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I’m in the US as due to the wonders of the American healthcare system, that will impact the answer.
I’m a desk jockey, I write code. For the holidays,I got a fancy new mechanical keyboard. While reaching under my desk at work to plug it in, I pulled a back muscle so hard, I could basically not move.
I took Advil and waited, but it just got worse. I finally called my HMO’s advice nurse line and as soon as I mentioned I was at work, she suddenly stopped asking me about my symptoms or giving me advice, and started talking to me about workman’s comp, how this could be my employer’s responsibility, etc... she basically became a wall. Frustrated, I just hung up and went to urgent care (I slooowly got in my girlfriends car and she drove me). A couple muscle relaxants later, I’m basically ok, but my question is why did this happen? If my job was moving boxes or handling heavy machinery and I got hurt, then sure, I understand how this could be my employer’s responsibility, but in this case, I really don’t see it that way and I couldn’t get anything out of the advice nurse. Does merely getting hurt at work even if it has nothing to do with your job mean it’s on the employer? In the end, I am just really annoyed that before getting relief for the pain, I had to go through a where did this happen, did you tell your employer, etc...
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I’m in the US as due to the wonders of the American healthcare system, that will impact the answer.
I’m a desk jockey, I write code. For the holidays,I got a fancy new mechanical keyboard. While reaching under my desk at work to plug it in, I pulled a back muscle so hard, I could basically not move.
I took Advil and waited, but it just got worse. I finally called my HMO’s advice nurse line and as soon as I mentioned I was at work, she suddenly stopped asking me about my symptoms or giving me advice, and started talking to me about workman’s comp, how this could be my employer’s responsibility, etc... she basically became a wall. Frustrated, I just hung up and went to urgent care (I slooowly got in my girlfriends car and she drove me). A couple muscle relaxants later, I’m basically ok, but my question is why did this happen? If my job was moving boxes or handling heavy machinery and I got hurt, then sure, I understand how this could be my employer’s responsibility, but in this case, I really don’t see it that way and I couldn’t get anything out of the advice nurse. Does merely getting hurt at work even if it has nothing to do with your job mean it’s on the employer? In the end, I am just really annoyed that before getting relief for the pain, I had to go through a where did this happen, did you tell your employer, etc...
health
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Matt
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I’m in the US as due to the wonders of the American healthcare system, that will impact the answer.
I’m a desk jockey, I write code. For the holidays,I got a fancy new mechanical keyboard. While reaching under my desk at work to plug it in, I pulled a back muscle so hard, I could basically not move.
I took Advil and waited, but it just got worse. I finally called my HMO’s advice nurse line and as soon as I mentioned I was at work, she suddenly stopped asking me about my symptoms or giving me advice, and started talking to me about workman’s comp, how this could be my employer’s responsibility, etc... she basically became a wall. Frustrated, I just hung up and went to urgent care (I slooowly got in my girlfriends car and she drove me). A couple muscle relaxants later, I’m basically ok, but my question is why did this happen? If my job was moving boxes or handling heavy machinery and I got hurt, then sure, I understand how this could be my employer’s responsibility, but in this case, I really don’t see it that way and I couldn’t get anything out of the advice nurse. Does merely getting hurt at work even if it has nothing to do with your job mean it’s on the employer? In the end, I am just really annoyed that before getting relief for the pain, I had to go through a where did this happen, did you tell your employer, etc...
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