Tom.

I had the carpal tunnel procedure done on both my hands and wish I would
have done it sooner.

I might make a suggestion to resolve your issue with your employee. Why not
suggest to him that he just go in and have his health insurance cover the
problem. Explain that neither you or your insurance carrier believe that
his condition is a result of the job and going through the lengthy appeal
process is not going to get his problem fixed anytime soon.

Suggest to him that if he adopts this course, you might be able to work with
him while his hands recover to minimize any lost wages, and he can avoid any
lawyer fees that way.


--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.


"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
...
My tech with carpal tunnel's claim has been denied by the BWC. They say
that his job doesn't have repetitive motion normally associated with this
type of claim. I'm sure of many, many appeals. But I still say there is
a
God and He doesn't put up with EVERY bit of crap. Our risk management
group
says that an approved claim will cost me over $100,000.00 over a period of
five years and will get me kicked out of the group and loose my discount
with the BWC. I have a phenomenal safety record with no lost time in over
20 years.