WCB. How do they figure out payments.

[New Hunter Okotoks]

I hurt myself at work this past Monday. I fell down hard in a trailer on my lower back/butt area and went to the Hospital an hour later. X-Rays showed no bone damage.

At this point I can't really sit or stand at all without a lot of pain. My entire left side and lower back is completely seized. I spoke with my boss tonight. I told him that I had just seen my Doctor who put me on Percocets and told me to let the swelling around the injury settle down. The boss is obviously worried about the premiums for the Company and wants me to go into work and do something so that it is not a lost time accident. I explained that it takes me a long time to find a position that allows my back to relax. He is none too happy right now and told me this: " I'm not sure how WCB is going to work this out. You probably wouldn't have got any hours in this week, so I don't think they should have to pay for those days." I have only missed a few days due to shortage of work in the last 3 months and generally get close to my 40hours.

Does WCB pay based on what I have been working in the past few months or what the Employer says I "would" have been getting?

[CaberTosser]

They'll be paying according to your recent pay stubs, rather than what the boss says you'd be getting; were that the case, the boss would be saying that every potential claimant was due to be fired/laid off the next day to avoid liability premiums.

Sorry to hear you got hurt. Crappy timing with hunting season upon us.

[New Hunter Okotoks]

Originally Posted by CaberTosser

Sorry to hear you got hurt. Crappy timing with hunting season upon us.

Tell me about it! LOL! I just sighted in my rifle on Sunday and was laying down some tight groups too.

I could be wrong, but with the way this feels, I think I could be down for a while. It doesn't feel like it's just a strained muscle. I move about 3 inches at a time when walking and don't lift my feet more than an inch off the ground.

I hopped off the forklift right into an oil slick. I think my foot was at waist height before I even started falling. I'm actually lucky that I didn't ring the back of my head off the forklift.

[CaberTosser]

You mean the forklifts lucky it didn't get clocked by your noggin. Your head could be used as a counterweight on a tower crane for Pete's sake.

[New Hunter Okotoks]

Originally Posted by CaberTosser

You mean the forklifts lucky it didn't get clocked by your noggin. Your head could be used as a counterweight on a tower crane for Pete's sake.

LOL!

The boss would have probably been angry if I chipped the paint on the forklift and deducted it from my pay cheque. Humans heal on their own you know; equipment doesn't.

[Red Bullets]

If you are hurt do not let your boss try to convince you to return to work to avoid a WCB claim. If you go back to work and it does not improve or get better you have just complicated your claim and possibly given WCB grounds to deny. Your boss pays WCB premiums for the purpose of worker coverage. You should not feel intimidated because you were hurt. It is your body and your suffering.
Years ago I cut my finger quite bad on the job, and the boss suggested for me to stay at work. Because I could not use my injured hand I ended up getting hurt worse.

Here is the site that will tell you everything.

http://www.wcb.ab.ca/workers/

[Albertadiver]

Talk to oki or catinthehat