In one example of workers’ comp fraud out of Fort Lauderdale, a woman picked up a sprinkler head after it had fallen on her desk, then hit herself in the head with it to stage an on-the-job injury.

Her employer's insurance company got suspicious and referred the incident to Florida's Division of Investigative and Forensic Services.

Poster Comment:

When I worked for State of Illinois, one of the mechanics was off on workmen's comp. They caught him working and he was fired.

Another time they wrote up a guy for swearing on the job site. He grieved it. When he got to his hearing he told them, "They got us pissin' next to trucks and behind trees like dogs. You think there ain't gonna be a little swearin' goin' on out there?" He won his grievance and got his day's pay back.