Hurt on job - Future not too bright (Non-Support Discussion)

[wayfair]

DM came to pcm to discuss this story, so we'll work on reducing backing incidents...
http://www.kvoa.com/story/28721346/update-6-year-old-boy-killed-by-ups-truck-identified

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

As tragic as this is it is still much safer to cross behind the package car.

 

[Richard Harrow]

As tragic as this is it is still much safer to cross behind the package car.

If you genuinely believe this, you have never been on Hylan Blvd. in Staten Island.

 

[Wally]

Anybody in NJ recall a manager years back that lost an arm in a feeders accident?

 

[Integrity]

I had a sup lose a leg inside the building back in the 80's .
And a nearby building's driver had a runaway which he ran to catch the PC , jumping into the driver's side & his leg got smashed by a telephone pole .

Baba gounj,

How did the sup lose his leg inside the building?

Sincerely,
I

 

[Wally]

I had a sup lose a leg inside the building back in the 80's .
And a nearby building's driver had a runaway which he ran to catch the PC , jumping into the driver's side & his leg got smashed by a telephone pole .

Ouch!

The sup that lost his arm was a feeder driver and his arm was outside the window. Somehow, it got clipped. After that, he went into management.

 

[mreed171]

Hope the company takes care of the driver better than what they have done for me. I was hit head on by a drunk driver and messed both legs up. They approved surgery for my left leg. Then when I was ready to have the right leg fixed they denied surgery. Been off since September finally got a court date to get them to fix my right leg so I can get back to work.

 

[Catatonic]

Ouch!

The sup that lost his arm was a feeder driver and his arm was outside the window. Somehow, it got clipped. After that, he went into management.

Makes sense ... one-armed bandit.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Hope the company takes care of the driver better than what they have done for me. I was hit head on by a drunk driver and messed both legs up. They approved surgery for my left leg. Then when I was ready to have the right leg fixed they denied surgery. Been off since September finally got a court date to get them to fix my right leg so I can get back to work.

I find this awfully hard to believe.

 

[soberups]

As tragic as this is it is still much safer to cross behind the package car.

Maybe in Clarksville, but not in the real world.

 

[soberups]

If I am at the rear of the car loading or unloading packages, I do everything in my power to avoid having my back turned to oncoming traffic.

If possible, I load up the hand cart inside the car and slide it off the back bumper, so that if I get rear-ended I am up off the ground with the bumper between me and the offending car.

I once had a sup write me up on an OJS for doing it that way. That piece of paper might still be in a filing cabinet somewhere. Oh well.

 

[mreed171]

Why is it hard to believe??

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Why is it hard to believe??

There is no way that you have been waiting to have surgery on your right leg since September.

 

[trickpony1]

Upstate did his orthopedic residency at the University of Upstate Medical Center.

 

[OPTION3]

There is no way that you have been waiting to have surgery on your right leg since September.

How pretentious

 

[Catatonic]

There is no way that you have been waiting to have surgery on your right leg since September.

Please try and keep up.
The UPS doctor and Union have been going back and forth.
The UPS doctor recently recommended surgery on the right leg.

 

[oldngray]

Please try and keep up.
The UPS doctor and Union have been going back and forth.
The UPS doctor recently recommended surgery on the right leg.

Did they operate on the wrong leg?

 

[Catatonic]

Did they operate on the wrong leg?

Please try and keep up.
Both driver's legs were injured in the accident with UPS approving surgery on the left leg immediately.
UPS did not approve surgery on the right leg until recently.

 

[Richard Harrow]

Upstate did his orthopedic residency at the University of Upstate Medical Center.

University of Clarksville @ Bubble of Goodness campus.

 

[Rainman]

Everyone wants the best for the man who has lost his leg. But the fact remains that he will need future income and benefits, so speculation regarding insurance settlement, lawsuits, ect is perfectly acceptable. These things will supply his future needs. Nothing wrong discussing that. Maybe he will come on here and read the comments and gain some ideas from us on the best course of action for him and his family.