Thread: Work injury, am i being unreasonable

So i fell/got knocked from a flat deck semi trailer at work, landing flat on my back across a 8ish inch dia pipe (old truck tipper hoist). It hurt, a lot, drove myself hospital, fractured T12 vert and an unidentified left hand injury (no beaks visable on x-ray). Couple of days off work, limits of bending twisting and lifting for 4-6 weeks.

Rock up to work on the monday, tell boss ok but gotta take it easy due to fractured vert for 4-6 weeks, hand over relevant (including Workcover) paperwork.....and straight back to normal duties (hydraulic fitter, working on and under trucks cranes heavy equipment etc).

two days later, and backs hurting, a lot, so take a day off. Couple of more days at work taking it as easy as i can then rest for the weekend (going crazy, 1 day of doing nothing is about my mental limit).
Back at work, two more days doing full duties and say something to boss that need to take it a bit easier cause its really causing pain and it(fracture) could get a bit more serious if i damage it more before it heals, and promptly get told its my fault and hes to busy for paperwork and to go home, with a few other more AO descriptive words thrown in there...... end result was both being in a far from happy state(to say the least) and me going home..........Not certain if that was go home till you have a full clearance, go home for the day or just go home and don't come back!

I know small business is hard, things need to get done to get the bills paid and all that, but if it really is a genuine at work injury?......

I honestly believe there is stuff i could be doing at work thats within the limits of the medical certificate.... i would rather be at work, and i thought that would it be more of a benefit to him if i was. Am i just being unreasonable?

Rick

You shouldn’t be at work at all.

You only get one body in this life and it won’t thsnk you for “pushing on” neither will those who depend on you.
NB your boss isn’t one of those people.
If he can afford the truck he can afford the insurance. No excuses.
Time to get another job. I’m acutely aware that is often easier said than done.
Re unfair dismissal (if it came to that) sadly the fed govt changed the laws last year limiting payouts to a max 6 months wages/salary for a successful case. (Salaries up to 150k)
It is now quite attractive for any employer to fire someone for whatever reason and if the employee was indeed unfairly dismissed, employer typically pay less than the maximum for the privilege.