ACR CAPT REPORTS SLIPPING ON ICE AND BEING HESITANT TO CALL IN SICK DUE TO ACR'S POLICY ON SICK CALLS CLOSE TO DEPARTURE TIME.

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AFTER ARRIVING IN THE EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT TO RPT FOR DUTY; I STEPPED OUT OF MY CAR AND SLIPPED AND TOOK A HARD FALL ON A SHEET OF ICE. IT WAS VERY PAINFUL AND I COULD HARDLY BREATHE. HOWEVER; AFTER SEVERAL MINS; I REGAINED MY BREATHING AND STRENGTH AND PROCEEDED TO FLT OPS. UPON ARR AT FLT OPS I CALLED THE FLT OPS DUTY MGR AND RPTED MY FALL ON THE ICE. HE ASKED IF I WAS OK AND IF I'D BE OK TO FLY THE TRIP. I TOLD HIM THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO FLY MY TRIP. AFTER 15 MINS I STARTED TO FEEL WORSE (A LOT OF PAIN AND BURNING SENSATION COMING FROM MY L RIB CAGE). AT THIS POINT; I WAS HESITANT TO CALL THE DUTY MGR AND TELL HIM I WOULD HAVE TO BE PLACED ON THE SICK LIST. THE REASON IS; MY ACR HAS CERTAIN PARAMETERS THAT PLACE YOU ON A SPECIAL LIST AND ONE OF THEM IS WHEN YOU CALL IN SICK CLOSE TO YOUR DEP TIME. I FEEL THAT MY ACR'S SICK POLICY WAS AN INTIMIDATING FACTOR OF WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD CALL IN SICK. I WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN AND I KNEW THAT I SHOULD NOT FLY; BUT I STILL FELT THE PRESSURE OF 'PLT PUSHING' FROM ACR SICK POLICY. HOWEVER; AFTER SOME THOUGHT; I KNEW I WAS IN NO SHAPE TO FLY AND CALLED THE DUTY MGR AND TOLD HIM TO PUT ME ON SICK LIST. I THEN WENT TO THE EMER ROOM AND HAD AN X-RAY TAKEN. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A CONTUSION OF THE L CHEST AND RIB CAGE. OBVIOUSLY WITH THIS KIND OF INJURY I COULD NOT FLY; AND IF I DID I WOULD BE JEOPARDIZING THE SAFETY OF THE FLT. I FEEL THAT ACR SICK POLICY MONITORING PROGRAM IS INAPPROPRIATE AND DEFINITELY HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON SAFETY. I HAVE KNOWN SOME PLTS WHO DO FLY SICK JUST SO THAT THEY WILL NOT GET IN TROUBLE FROM ACR AND BE PLACED ON THE SICK LIST SPECIAL PROGRAM.