My injury was done while shoveling directly onto the back of a flat back truck, i did report it and put it into the accident book, not sure about HSE involvement dont think that happened, not to my knowledge, should it have ? I haven't taken advice through the union solicitor for damages for the accident at work, because i thought there had to be blame with my employer, and how would i prove that !!! i now have problems with simple things like unloading the shopping trolley (repetitive bending) and carrying the bags to the car on the weekly shop, does this sound DDA grounds, my work are making adjustments to my job description, so guess they are doing something. ok i get back pain ever day and like this weekend when it is bad it spasms my body, do i need to reinvolve my union to push for this, or just see OH again or my own Doc? sorry so many questions but i feel OH are on management side, all this help is good thanks all

i was put on sickness monitoring, a couple of times and my union says this is classed as verbal warnings, i also recieved a couple of letters and i believe at the bottom of one it stated something about disablinary action, but at not point was i informed that any of these were verbal or written warnings, should i have been ? i hurt my back at work and was off for about 100 days before i could return, i was then off for a further 30 days with the same complaint, ever since the accident i have had back pain, so my doctor sent me for an MRI scan which showed the above back conditions. In total i have had 160 days off work over 4 years including an operation and a penetrating eye injury, i know its alot of time off and maybe they are right. Im just worried now because this weekend my back has acted up again and i have to go to work or lose my job, they have given me no guide lines, i am going to inform them tomorrow that my back is bad because really i have too, i just dunno what to do, catch 22....

Hi all again, i posted a while ago when i was threatened with dismissal due to my sickness record, i managed to keep my job just, because there is another guy employed with a back problem and they have adjusted his job to help him and they have not mine (i have Spondylosis and Spondylolisthesis of the lower lumbar). Although keeping my job is a plus, i was issued with a final written warning (lasting 1 year) even though i have never had any warnings before, im afraid my union feel this is a good result, im not happy but i accepted warning on their advice. My questions are : can employers issue a final written warning to me even though most of my time off was due to my back injury, and i had doctors sick notes? Im trying to find out if i can register as disabled with my condition and still work, and if i do manage to get registered disabled (which these days is probably impossible) can the written warning be revoked ? Also im sat here now in extreme discomfort, i have never had a final written warning in my life, should there be some guidelines to it because i have no details, should my employer give me these ? - ie if i have a day off is that my job gone ? thanks all have a great weekend

Firstly hi to all this is my first post .. i will give a brief outline of my circumstances and see if anyone here can help/advise me. i injured my back in 2008 while at work shoveling this caused me to spasm and was off sick for several months with it, i had to see works doctor and he said i was fit for work and had no underlying back conditions (even though i did have a back injury 20+ years ago and my employer/works doctor was made aware of this), since the shoveling accident i suffered from extreme lower back pain, which i never had before this accident and it never goes away, but i have managed my condition pretty well. I had a very small back spasm earlier this year while i was at home, and this caused me to have a couple of weeks of sick, my doctor arranged a MRI scan and this showed i have Spondylosis and Spondylolisthesis of the lower lumbar. I had to see another works doctor and he was given the results of MRI, in his report he has stated that on health and safety grounds i am unsuited to my present job. ok i've shortened that as much as possible in the next few weeks i have got to have a capabilities assessment, and possible redeployment. The thing is the stress of what is happening is driving me nuts i cant sleep, eat have sex or even think straight, cos i feel that they are just going through the motions and i will be out of work with no chance of another job in my life. so to my question if i go off work with stress related illness, can i delay the inevitable out come ?, or can they give me notice while on the sick ?. i hope some of this makes sense because i really cannot concentrate on anything and need real help - thanks