injured at work, then teminated? haven't been to Dr, but foot is swelled, bruised , hurts to walk on.?

Question

despite how this sounds..I am 52 yrs old and never fired. I was not properly trained in a procedure, written up for it, and continued to work ,terminated after a 3 week determination of the "facts" . anyone thats ever worked in a hostile work environment knows what I mean My previous job was 16 yrs in with one company. I felt almost immediately my supervisor had it in for me, and I was correct. I was still on probation for a few more weeks and she was determined to get rid of me. The day after I was written up I was called by the union rep who told me "you should just resign because the mind set is to terminate you" I refused. but, to get to the point, i was on facility grounds one evening with another employee, and mis stepped, stepping sideways off a sidewalk, and twisted my ankle, I walked for a few minutes in pain, and found my ankle to be swollen, did an incident report, but haven't been to dr. then was terminated days later. Are they still liable? foot hurts !

I do have copy of the incident report.

employee was an RN that examined my foot, did incident report. incident happened about 10 days before firing.

Answer 1

When did you file an incident report? If immediately, from the facts you stated, the company has liability. However, if you reported it the following day, or later, your case could be weakened since you could have sprained your ankle at a later time, off the premises.

Did you mention your witness in the incident report?

Since you did not seek medical help at the time of the incident, and you knew, or should have known, that you were to be terminated before the end of your probationary period, a worker comp case is sometimes a guarantee of continuing income. I would not be surprised if the company challenged your claim, primarily on the grounds that it did not occur "in the course of employment".

Answer 2

First off, go to the doctor, ASAP! You need a paper trail, you need proof of an injury. If you wait, the swelling will go down and you won't have any proof. You need to charge the emergency room visit or doctor's visit to your former companies workers compensation. The company will most likely deny the claim because they fired you, then you have a wrongful termination case. You can allege they fired you because you got injured. After going to the doctor, find yourself an attorney who deals with employment issues.