A Union employee from Halifax, PA, working as a steelworker, sustained a work injury in September 2016 where he crushed his right ankle between two pieces of steel. The insurance carrier, ESIS, accepted as a left ankle contusion. The day the injury occurred, the employee immediately had to have surgery to repair his ankle with plates and screws by the Company Doctor. The injured worker has ongoing pain in his ankle and couldn’t walk properly. The Company Doctor sent him for a Functional Capacity Exam at his office which reported he could return to medium duty work in April 2017. The injured worker immediately got a second opinion at Hershey Medical Center.
