I'm wondering if I have a case or not .
My current Dr.'s say the delay caused further damage .
I was injured on the job in Texas , I was hammering with a chisel driving a bearing race out of a hub when the chisel chipped and the hammer hit my wrist ,
resulting in blood spraying out of a artery .
My employer took me to a local Clinic that they regularly use which is a Nurse Practitioner's office , bye the time we arrived the bleeding had stopped externally
and was bleeding under the skin causing a bump , they soaked it in iodine solution and wrapped it up and said I just bruised it and sent me back to work .
they said it will be sore for a week or so but that's it , they gave me a testiness shot and antibiotic's and sent me back to work .
I worked 2 days and the pain was and swelling was getting worse , so when I got back to work on Tuesday ( holiday weekend ) I could not feel my hand or hardly move it .
after going to a 2nd Dr. , the 1st question he ask is what did the x-ray show , I said they did not x-ray it and he was floored , stating you hit yourself with a hammer hard enough to draw blood and they never x-rayed it .
The x-ray showed a small piece of metal lodged in my arm , which ended up sawing my Radial nerve in two , resulting in nerve damage to my left hand and no function of my wrist rotating due to delayed treatment .
My 2 treating Dr.'s say they should have done the x-ray 1st thing .
Do I have a case for failure to properly diagnose resulting in additional damage , My employer paid out of pocket for this visit ..
Thank you for any help in this matter .
Bowtiebug .
My current Dr.'s say the delay caused further damage .
I was injured on the job in Texas , I was hammering with a chisel driving a bearing race out of a hub when the chisel chipped and the hammer hit my wrist ,
resulting in blood spraying out of a artery .
My employer took me to a local Clinic that they regularly use which is a Nurse Practitioner's office , bye the time we arrived the bleeding had stopped externally
and was bleeding under the skin causing a bump , they soaked it in iodine solution and wrapped it up and said I just bruised it and sent me back to work .
they said it will be sore for a week or so but that's it , they gave me a testiness shot and antibiotic's and sent me back to work .
I worked 2 days and the pain was and swelling was getting worse , so when I got back to work on Tuesday ( holiday weekend ) I could not feel my hand or hardly move it .
after going to a 2nd Dr. , the 1st question he ask is what did the x-ray show , I said they did not x-ray it and he was floored , stating you hit yourself with a hammer hard enough to draw blood and they never x-rayed it .
The x-ray showed a small piece of metal lodged in my arm , which ended up sawing my Radial nerve in two , resulting in nerve damage to my left hand and no function of my wrist rotating due to delayed treatment .
My 2 treating Dr.'s say they should have done the x-ray 1st thing .
Do I have a case for failure to properly diagnose resulting in additional damage , My employer paid out of pocket for this visit ..
Thank you for any help in this matter .
Bowtiebug .
