Hello! I work at a Subway franchise in a small town in Tennessee. Tonight, my hand got crushed under the glass that separates the food and customers. I was instructed to go to the walk-in clinic if it was open, and if it wasn’t, to just go tomorrow morning. My supervisor said I could not go to the ER because she would get in trouble. I went to the clinic and they took the info from my supervisor, and the entire clinic staff thought the entire situation was sketchy. (They put me in a splint for now and said to come back in the morning because the x-ray tech had already gone home.) Apparently it is not being filed as workers comp and instead the office (for this chain of franchises) will pay the bill in cash. I am posting here for advice now what to do. My supervisor couldn’t even find any injury forms and said the general manager has never trained her on what to do in this situation. I’m scared to talk to my general manager tomorrow, because I’m worried Ill be tricked into making Subway more responsible lol
Pic of the sign saying don’t go to the ER
Obligatory sorry for formatting / spelling I’m on mobile and can’t type with my dominant hand