Excalibur350se
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- Illinois
I was helping to set a motor and was standing next to an employee who at the time was using a big screwdriver to align a motor to bolt it up. The motor shifted and the screwdriver was forced out and struck me in the face. Causing me to have 8 stiches to the middle of my upper lip. This happen on a Monday I went back to work on Tuesday with restrictions to not work in the plant and stay out of the heat. On the way home after a 10 hour day I started to feel dizzy and I couldn't focus on the road. The next day (Wednesday) I brought this up to my safety director and went back to the doctor and was diagnosed with a concussion which limited me to not use a computer, cell phone or read on top of my other restrictions. Thursday with only 12 hours sleep and a massive headache and throwing up I emailed the safety guy and asked to go home he said I would get a point and this would fall under the company policy of a missed work day. I then called the plant manager and told him what was going on. He said to go home and he wouldn't give me a point. I then proceeded to the break room and get my lunch box and call my wife because I wasn't allowed to drive home ( which is a 40 min drive ) That was interrupted by a supervisor who said I needed to go back to the plant manager. While talking to the plant manager he told me I need to not abuse the fact that he was allowing me to go home. There was an exchange of words and I ended up getting to leave. Now remember I went home due to the injury that I took on Monday. So on Monday the following week I called the women in charge of payroll and asked how many hours I was getting paid for on Thursday because I felt that I should get paid the whole day because I was trying to recover from the concussion. Of course I was called back up to the plant managers office because he wanted to know why I thought I needed payed. I told him because I went home because of the concussion ( headaches and vomiting and dizziness) that the company doctor diagnosed me with. He said I was released with restrictions that I could have set at the computer all day and did work and got paid. I chose to go home and there for I wasn't getting paid. Sorry for the long details there is more to the conversations but I won't elaborate. I'm confused at to what to do he was arrogant and not very understanding.
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