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t. had a m8 at work who went thru it
>be him
>moving pallets (stacks of the placcy ones)
>no pallet truck just dragging them with a hook
>he trips backwards and they fall onto him - short ver. fucks his back
>tells boss - boss says "Yeah nah just grifting"
>thankfully for him receptionist made report but she filed it a couple of days later AFTER he'd seen a gp
>he ended up with multiple surgeries for a slipped disc that if he'd done it privately would have cost him a small house (or at least these days a tent in a public park!)
>got about 11k payout eventually but one of the things the insurance company tried to jew out of it was the way the report was filed.
Bottom line: insurance companies will try to scam out of paying you and bosses don't want to claim because a) worksafe investigations and b) excess and premiums go up.