Posted: 4/25/2012 4:44:59 PM EDT
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I work third shift as a welder. I got off work this morning at 7am and noticed my eye was itchy on the way home. Get home and check it out in the mirror and see that there is a small chunk of metal in my eye. Never felt it go in either. I call my works medical and they have me come in to check it out. Now the situation turns shitty. The Nurse Practitioner proceeds to take the wooden end of cotton swab and jab at the foreign body in my eye. I'm talking pain level of frigging 10! She can't get it out and they send me to an Optometrist where he's able to drill it out. Very little pain and out quickly. The metal was only like .06mm wide but the Doc. said that there were two 3mm wide damaged area's where she went medieval on me. Now here's the kicker. They are forcing me to come back to work tonight even though my eye is throbbing and I have a contact lens in to protect it and it's blurring my vision. How in the fuck can they do that. I know why they are. I just don't see how they can...?
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Quoted: So, they're like, abducting you from your house and dragging you to work?I work third shift as a welder. I got off work this morning at 7am and noticed my eye was itchy on the way home. Get home and check it out in the mirror and see that there is a small chunk of metal in my eye. Never felt it go in either. I call my works medical and they have me come in to check it out. Now the situation turns shitty. The Nurse Practitioner proceeds to take the wooden end of cotton swab and jab at the foreign body in my eye. I'm talking pain level of frigging 10! She can't get it out and they send me to an Optometrist where he's able to drill it out. Very little pain and out quickly. The metal was only like .06mm wide but the Doc. said that there were two 3mm wide damaged area's where she went medieval on me. Now here's the kicker. They are forcing me to come back to work tonight even though my eye is throbbing and I have a contact lens in to protect it and it's blurring my vision. How in the fuck can they do that. I know why they are. I just don't see how they can...? |
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"Yeah, Boss it's me.
I got some steel chips in my eye and need to take the day off for it to heal. Yup. 'Bye." That's how it's done, Son. (You just have to be the kind of guy who they think might just bring in a flamethrower and go apeshit on them if such action would result in dismissal or something like that, and you really should have been cultivating that little "misconception" from the day you started working there.) You just never know when it will be needed to work toward your benefit. |
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"Yeah, Boss it's me. I got some steel chips in my eye and need to take the day off for it to heal. Yup. 'Bye." That's how it's done, Son. (You just have to be the kind of guy who they think might just bring in a flamethrower and go apeshit on them if such action would result in dismissal or something like that, and you really should have been cultivating that little "misconception" from the day you started working there.) You just never know when it will be needed to work toward your benefit. 
Massive. Fucking.
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Doctor gave me and excuse for tonight and tomorrow night. Safety at work doesn't want me missing those days because it turns into lost work days... Got a hold of my boss and says I have to come in and that I can't even take vacation days... Bullshit! I'm in Illinois...
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I can't help you with your worker's rights issues, but EVERY machine/welding/fab shop should have one of these: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/phuzzygnu/G11574-lrg.jpg Magnetic eye probe. Rare earth magnet will painlessly suck metal slivers or fragments right out. $25 or so. -p. Yeah. Can't believe they didn't attempt this at the ER. |
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Quoted: No, yes.... I'm going to go in there and hell's coming with me! I worked there for 6 years without a injuries. I get a piece of metal in my friggin eye on accident and this Quoted: So, they're like, abducting you from your house and dragging you to work?I work third shift as a welder. I got off work this morning at 7am and noticed my eye was itchy on the way home. Get home and check it out in the mirror and see that there is a small chunk of metal in my eye. Never felt it go in either. I call my works medical and they have me come in to check it out. Now the situation turns shitty. The Nurse Practitioner proceeds to take the wooden end of cotton swab and jab at the foreign body in my eye. I'm talking pain level of frigging 10! She can't get it out and they send me to an Optometrist where he's able to drill it out. Very little pain and out quickly. The metal was only like .06mm wide but the Doc. said that there were two 3mm wide damaged area's where she went medieval on me. Now here's the kicker. They are forcing me to come back to work tonight even though my eye is throbbing and I have a contact lens in to protect it and it's blurring my vision. How in the fuck can they do that. I know why they are. I just don't see how they can...? is how they want to treat me. Fuck that noise! I've been awake now since 2pm tues and anger is building. Fuck you Caterpillar!
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Quoted: Quoted: I can't help you with your worker's rights issues, but EVERY machine/welding/fab shop should have one of these: http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/phuzzygnu/G11574-lrg.jpg Magnetic eye probe. Rare earth magnet will painlessly suck metal slivers or fragments right out. $25 or so. -p. Yeah. Can't believe they didn't attempt this at the ER. No shit! Fortune 50 company uses wood to jab at my eye. Amazing.... |
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Doctor gave me and excuse for tonight and tomorrow night. Safety at work doesn't want me missing those days because it turns into lost work days... Got a hold of my boss and says I have to come in and that I can't even take vacation days... Bullshit! I'm in Illinois... I think the law states that if they can offer light duty then you can't stay home. If you do end up staying home, Work Comp laws say they're only obligated to pay 65% of your salary. Get a note from your MD with restrictions listed. They have to follow those restrictions. Like the previous post said, make sure you get your eye checked thoroughly. |
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Now you will be on their radar.
You cost them an OSHA reportable incident, and probably some stupid safety record. Your company claims they hold safety above everything else, but in reality they only care about the numbers. Don't sign anything. Don't agree to anything. And watch your back. You aren't playing ball. They might try to terminate you for it. |
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Hope you can pass a drug test cause they will probably give you one if they haven't already when you return. Being "at work" should be all they are asking. To perform your normal duties would be above and beyond if you have blurred vision.
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No, yes.... I'm going to go in there and hell's coming with me! I worked there for 6 years without a injuries. I get a piece of metal in my friggin eye on accident and this Quoted:
So, they're like, abducting you from your house and dragging you to work?
I work third shift as a welder. I got off work this morning at 7am and noticed my eye was itchy on the way home. Get home and check it out in the mirror and see that there is a small chunk of metal in my eye. Never felt it go in either. I call my works medical and they have me come in to check it out. Now the situation turns shitty. The Nurse Practitioner proceeds to take the wooden end of cotton swab and jab at the foreign body in my eye. I'm talking pain level of frigging 10! She can't get it out and they send me to an Optometrist where he's able to drill it out. Very little pain and out quickly. The metal was only like .06mm wide but the Doc. said that there were two 3mm wide damaged area's where she went medieval on me. Now here's the kicker. They are forcing me to come back to work tonight even though my eye is throbbing and I have a contact lens in to protect it and it's blurring my vision. How in the fuck can they do that. I know why they are. I just don't see how they can...? is how they want to treat me. Fuck that noise! I've been awake now since 2pm tues and anger is building. Fuck you Caterpillar!
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be damn careful.. I have a one eyed cousin that has almost the same story.. they thought they got all the steel and didnt... I remember him snoring on our camping trips staring at me with that one glass eye.. Seriously, getting hurt at work can be a bitch of a situation.. I pulled my bicep off the bone and had to have it re attached... I was a contractor for an oil company and they black balled me for a few years and said I lied about where it happened. I had short term and long term disability and had no reason to lie...If I had to do it again,,I would have lied and said I did it at home.. |
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Now you will be on their radar. You cost them an OSHA reportable incident, and probably some stupid safety record. Your company claims they hold safety above everything else, but in reality they only care about the numbers. Don't sign anything. Don't agree to anything. And watch your back. You aren't playing ball. They might try to terminate you for it. Truth spoken right here. |