A major carrier's decision to send a plant worker with an injured leg to a doctor outside of his area for a second medical opinion ended up saving his leg from amputation, according to a National Council on Compensation Insurance report on a workers' compensation "success story."
The worker, identified as Dan, was a 34-year veteran of an Indiana asphalt plant. While working as a superintendent at the plant, his leg became caught in machinery that fractured his shinbone, broke his ankle and cut open his thigh. He underwent multiple surgeries to his lower leg in the afte...
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