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I gotta hurt at my job and I went to see the doctor and I find out that I pulled a muscle and the doctor gave me some pills to help with the pain and muscle, and he told me that I can go back to work. But he put me on light duty with restrictions but since I gotta back to work I been working normal everyday all day and my employer ignored the doctor job restrictions. I been taking 2 pain medicine to help me out in the morning and 1 pill of muscle relaxer to help during night. What should I do in this case?
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HelloLet me first say that I am so sorry to hear about your injury at work. The situation you are facing is sadly a pretty regular occurrence. I would assume that you have timely reported your injury to your employer and made them aware of the limitations placed upon your return to work on a light duty basis? Assuming this all is all true and correct, I would encourage you to first go directly to your employer or to human resources and remind them about the injury and the limitations your doctor has placed upon your return to work on a light duty basis. Advise that you are making all proper efforts to continue working, but that being asked to perform, duties that are contrary to the limitations specified by your doctor are making the situation worse. If this falls upon dead ears, I would suggest going back to the doctor and advise what is happening with the employer not honoring the limitations specified. I am certain that the doctor will reiterate the limitations and hopefully indicate that you should not be working at all if the limitations are not honored. I can tell you that the judges at the Department of Industrial Accidents are very supportive and do not appreciate when an employer does not comply with limitations following an injury at work.Hope this helps
Answered on Jun 15th, 2020 at 6:07 AM