should i be getting paid?

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torrentriver101

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Saturday night, I clocked out, and on my way to my car, I tripped over a chain that my employer has posted up all over the parking lot. these chains are all one parking space long, posts in between. people are pretty rowdy, and have hit a few of them with their vehicles. lets just say this hourly worker parking lot is ill maintained. the chains all sag to a different level than the next. anyway, I tripped over one of these chains, making my knee swell up terribly, and my wrist hurt pretty bad. I shrugged it off, went home and took a nap. four hours later, I decided I was going to see the doctor, to make sure i didn't fracture my kneecap. I then reported the injury.
My supervisor told me to come in the next day to fill out some paper work, before heading to the doctor. I filled out the paper work and went to the doctors. had a bruised, swollen knee, and a strangely sprained wrist. my supervisor told me he was going to clock me in for the whole day so I didn't lose wages. I get a call Monday morning, from the safety manager, saying that I should've been able to work all day Sunday, regardless of injury, but they drug tested me, so I was on lock until the results came through. he also stated i should've reported the injury immediately, which we have a 24 hour policy. I get in to work today, and I was told that a different supervisor took away my hours. he saidIi don't get compensated.
I was injured on their property, within 30 seconds of clocking out. should I be getting paid for my time spent at the hospital, and time filling out paper work, which would be almost 8 hours, disbursed within two days? or should I just get my full 12 hours of pay? also, is it even legal to be drug tested for an injury after I clocked out?
 
Did someone run out there and put the parking lot barrier in a new place, causing you to trip or was it your own carelessness that caused you to trip? It is normal for companies to have a policy whereby employees injured on their property are drug tested. You are legally entitled to be paid for drug testing time. The employer is not required to pay you for time you spent running around due to your own negligence.
 
fair enough, they arent all that new, maybe 8 months old or so. it may have been carelessness, i could have probably walked around. The supervisors, and union rep. are not actually blaming me for the trip. on the injury report, they were calling the barriers a safety hazard due to the fact that none of them are marked in any way, and they are all beat up, parking lot ill maintained, and, in all seriousness, the wind. it was a windy day. they used that to my defense. and yes, i do realize a metal chain and post is visible. So, according to the report, its not my fault. called it a safety hazard, rather than unsafe act.
 
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