Don't wait, do it the same day or the same week at the least.
I slipped at work in March of 2021, I fell in front of a dozen people in a warehouse by an assembly belt.
My arms fucked up, I've been through 10 months of physical therapy and 2 surgeries.
Because the accident was not reported as a fall they are refusing to pay for the physical therapist and the surgeries I've had.
They're going to get away with it, I'm on my first appeal for a jury court this Friday and my lawyer isn't confident.
Please get a lawyer as soon as you fall, otherwise you will wind up like me. Permanent damage, stuck with crippling medical debt.
We all deserve better than this.