Injured worker is nomadic and has a history of short-term employment. Injured worker is new on the job. Injured worker is experiencing financial difficulties. Injured worker recently purchased private disability policies. Injured worker changes physician when a release for work has been issued.
Injured worker has a history of reporting subjective injuries.
Review of a rehab report describes the claimant as being muscular, well tanned, with callused hands and grease under the fingernails. Accident is not witnessed. Fellow workers hear rumors circulating that accident was not legitimate. Accident occurs in an area where injured employee would not normally be. Accident is not the type that the employee should be involved in, i.e. an office worker who is lifting heavy objects on a loading dock.