There is no reliable Idaho average settlement for a construction work injury, because workers' compensation benefits are set by statute, and the short answer is: your employer may be trying to keep the injury off the workers' comp record and limit what evidence gets created.

If you were hurt doing your job in Boise, using your own health insurance instead of Idaho workers' compensation can shift costs away from the employer and insurer, and it may delay the paper trail that proves the injury happened at work.

In Idaho, you generally must give your employer notice of a workplace injury within 60 days, and you usually have 1 year to file a workers' compensation complaint with the Idaho Industrial Commission if benefits are denied or not provided. Waiting helps the other side argue the injury happened somewhere else, happened later, or was caused by an old condition.

Save and preserve evidence now:

• Photos of the scene, tool, ladder, vehicle, spilled liquid, broken surface, or unsafe area
• Photos of injuries taken the same day and over the next several days
• The names and phone numbers of coworker witnesses
• Texts, voicemails, and emails from your boss or supervisor telling you not to file
• Your timecard, job assignment, pay stub, and crew sheet
• Any incident log, safety report, or OSHA-related report
• If a vehicle was involved, ask quickly about dashcam footage before it is overwritten
• If your phone recorded location, keep the location history and call log

If police responded in Boise, get the report from the Boise Police Department. If it happened on a highway job site, the Idaho State Police report may matter.

This matters even more in back-to-school season, when busy Boise streets, school-zone traffic, and rushed drivers create conflicting stories fast. On Idaho jobs, especially around changing conditions like wet surfaces or early black ice later in the season, scene photos taken immediately can matter more than anyone's memory a week later.