Hurt my back at work is it okay to call out 2 days in a row?
Yesterday a package slipped out of my hand and I instinctively tried to catch it which hurt my back. I had about 90 minutes left on the shift which I finished out, which definitely didnt help. I told management and I called out today, and while I'm no longer writhing around in pain, getting up, getting in my car, bending over, and picking anything up still hurts pretty bad. Would I get in trouble for calling out tomorrow? Ive been here 5 weeks and I have already called out before, once for being sick and once for hurting my leg and being unable to walk. I dont know how bad it'll be in the 14 hours from now when I have to be at work but I doubt it'll be magically fixed. I feel bad about it and I dont wanna seem like a lazy employee but I really dont think I can do it, seeing as how my job is exclusively lifting up mostly heavy things and climbing in and out of trucks.