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Occupational medicine

CASE-25-A — Delayed Return-to-Work

Authored demonstration. Not a live employer result.

01 · Situation

The clearance was received. It did not reach the next supervisor.

Illustrative modified-duty clearance issued; the supervisor who received it is reassigned before the worker is placed.

02 · Evidence

What the record holds.

  1. E1Clearance letter

    Verified · Day 0

  2. E2Shift handoff log showing supervisor change

    Verified · Day 1

  3. E3New supervisor's assignment sheet, no modified-duty flag — the assignment sheet is not established as the authoritative placement record

    Verified · Day 3

  4. E4Placement confirmation

    Not located · Due Day 3

03 · Obligations / Owners

The chain of responsibility.

  1. 01

    Outgoing supervisor (brief handoff)

  2. 02

    HR coordinator (transfer restriction)

  3. 03

    Incoming supervisor (place on modified duty)

04 · Accountability Break

Where the chain broke.

The restriction existed but wasn't carried through the supervisor handoff.

05 · Next Action

The corrective obligation.

Make duty-restriction transfer a mandatory, checked field in every supervisor handoff.

06 · Economic Boundary

Where the evidence stops.

Three additional replacement-labor shifts were documented. The illustrative employer record supplies a $40-per-shift differential. 3 × $40 = $120 in documented illustrative incremental labor cost. Attribution to the handoff failure is not established.

07 · Engine Answer

What the Engine can and cannot establish.

The incoming supervisor was required by the illustrative case protocol to place the worker on modified duty starting Day 3. The record contains the original clearance and the handoff log showing the supervisor change, and the new assignment sheet does not reflect a modified-duty flag as of Day 3 — but that sheet is not established as the authoritative placement record, so this does not by itself prove the worker was never placed. The Engine can demonstrate that placement is not reflected on the available assignment record, and that $120 in incremental labor cost is documented. It cannot establish that the placement obligation went unfulfilled, or that this cost is attributable to the handoff failure.

The restriction was received once. It is not reflected in the available record after that.