The Gig Worker Injury & Accident Report Pack has to be usable on the worst day of a driver’s year — one-handed, on a phone, possibly from a waiting room — so every part of it runs on free or already-owned software. The pack ships as five files: flat printable PDFs in US Letter and A4, an ink-friendly black-and-white US Letter PDF, a fillable phone-friendly PDF, and the Gig-Injury-Report-Tracker.xlsx spreadsheet. This article covers what opens and edits each part, which devices suit each step, what the pack pairs with, and how it honestly compares with building the same file by hand. One thing comes before any of it: if you are injured, seek medical care first — no tool in this article outranks that.
The spreadsheet keeps the moving parts counted. It opens in Microsoft Excel with all formulas live, and it works exactly the same in Google Sheets, which is free with a Google account: upload the .xlsx to Google Drive, open it in Sheets, and the incident log, evidence index, and cost log all stay current as you type. Apple Numbers and LibreOffice Calc open it as well. The demo rows are there on purpose — 3 incidents logged, 1 marked Closed, and a cost log totaling $165 from papers of $120 and $45 — so you can see that every amount is copied from a real bill before replacing the demo rows with your own records. No macros and no paid add-ons are involved.
The PDF pages open with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on iPhone, Android, Windows, and Mac. The fillable version is the one to keep on your phone: open it in Acrobat Reader, tap the fields, and start the one incident record the same day, while dates, times, and place are still fresh. Apple Files and Preview handle the flat PDFs for reading and printing, and a desktop browser such as Chrome or Edge opens them too. Your phone’s camera does the evidence work — scene photos, visit papers, receipts — and the evidence index gives each photo and paper a number, so nothing lives only in an endless camera roll. Paid PDF editors are unnecessary.
Devices follow the recovery, not the other way around. Your phone is the same-day device: the incident record, the photos, and the first notifications all happen there. A tablet makes reviewing the follow-up log and the cost log more comfortable over the following weeks. A desktop or laptop is the best seat for assembling the full bundle — record, evidence index, bills, and replies side by side — before an advice meeting, and for printing a clean copy to hand over. Printing itself is optional: any home or office printer handles the US Letter pages, A4 covers printers outside the US, and the black-and-white version keeps a paper file cheap.
What pairs with it: the Gig Worker Robbery & Assault Incident Report Pack covers the crime side of on-shift incidents with the same safety-first, facts-only discipline, the on-app insurance checklist products in the DealShore gig lane organize which coverage questions to ask, and the Gig App Deactivation Appeal Kit covers the account side if an incident interrupts your ability to work. Inside your own setup, the pack pairs naturally with one dedicated folder — digital or paper — where every visit paper and bill lands the day it arrives.
The honest comparison: doing this manually, most drivers end up with photos in a camera roll, bills in separate envelopes, and the incident retold from memory to each new person who asks — free, but versions drift and papers get lost exactly when they are needed. A blank notebook or spreadsheet can hold a careful record, but it will not put safety first on page one, force one facts-only version that everything else copies, or track follow-ups until the file closes. A claims or case-management service does more, and is the right call for serious situations — this pack is not a substitute for professional help, and it says so inside. It sits before and beside that help: the organized bundle you bring to it. Its stated limits matter: it is not legal, medical, or insurance advice, and it states no compensation, coverage, or claim rule or deadline.
One record, kept from day one, on tools you already have:
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