Sprained My Ankle At Work, Hr Is Denying Workman’s Comp.
I work in MA at a psychiatric hospital. Last night, I was watching my unit’s patients play basketball in the gymnasium. One of the balls hit the backboard and bounced back towards me, so I obviously caught it since it was in my line of direction and I went to pass it back to the patient. When I did, I took a step forward and slipped on the wet floor and rolled my ankle. I filled out an incident report and went to urgent care to have it checked out.
It ended up being a pretty bad sprain and I have to wear an ankle splint and use crutches for 4-6 weeks. Also extra frustrating because I graduate this weekend from college.
I received a call from the HR Director today and she told me that I will not be receiving workman’s compensation because I am one, per diem and my hours range anywhere from 0-40 per week and I can’t get it since I’m not consistently part time or full time, and two, I passed the ball to a patient, which is off limits to “engage with them”. I think this is pretty stupid because it’s common sense that if a ball is rebounded and sent your way, you politely pass it back to the person. What was I supposed to do, catch it and leave it at my feet?
Anyways, they offered me modified work duty working at a desk for a few weeks. What should I do?
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