Ms. Lee said after the claimant had quit she unexpectedly received a phone call from the claimant who wanted to report an injury that he had already reported to General Manager Tom Harbaugh sometime in July 2015. Ms. Lee claimed when the claimant returned the workers’ compensation DWC-1 that was mailed to his residence, the claimant alleged within the DWC-1 that he been treated for Carpal “Tunnel Syndrome and Tendonitis to his right hand and his arm. While at the same of having an inflamed right hand to his wrist and elbow that travelled up to his right shoulder.”
Ms. Lee supplemented us with two employee statements from GM Harbaugh and GM Hillman.
GM Harbaugh’s statement referred to an incident that occurred on 7-11-15. The handwritten report by Mr. Harbaugh indicated that the claimant was upset with him of not getting someone to cover his work-shift. Within Mr. Harbaugh’s report, he said the claimant made the comment that he needed to see “his doctor” for a “swollen arm.”
Ms. Lee claims at no time did the claimant ever report a work-related injury or had requested any medical treatment for what was reported within GM Harbaugh’s written statement. …show more content…
However, according to Mr. Hillman, he recalled the claimant reported for work on 7-11-15 and turned in a doctor’s note that placed the claimant off from work from 7-11-15 through 7-18-15. Mr. Hillman alleged the claimant never said the time off slip was work-related. He said the claimant returned to work and does not remember ever receiving a return to work slip or being discharged from any ongoing medical