Hurt on a delivery, the paperwork starts while you are shaken, in pain, and being asked the same questions by different people — and for an independent contractor, coverage questions are fact-specific, so the quality of your record decides how those questions get answered. The Gig Worker Injury & Accident Report Pack from DealShore starts where it should: safety first. It does not diagnose, argue fault, or guarantee any outcome. It makes sure care comes before paperwork, and that every later report copies from one true record.
What the pack is, in plain terms, is a 10-page printable PDF system plus a working spreadsheet tracker. The first rule sits on its own page and outranks everything else: get safe, get emergency help if you need it, get seen the same day, and keep the visit paperwork. Only then does the record-keeping begin. One facts-only incident record is written once, close to the event — dates, times, place, and what happened, with ‘unknown’ written instead of guesses and no fault argument. Every later report, notification, and form copies from that single record, so your story never drifts between tellings.
It was created because the hours after an injury are the worst possible time to build a file from scratch. The scene changes, photos do not get taken, bills arrive in separate envelopes, and each person who asks gets a slightly different version because the driver is reconstructing from memory under stress. A pack that already knows the order — safety, one record, evidence numbered, care and costs from the papers themselves, notifications with proof — removes the thinking at exactly the moment thinking is hardest.
Inside, the START HERE page explains where your files live in your Etsy account and which file is for what. Safety First is the page that outranks all paperwork: care before any form, always. The Incident is the one facts-only record, written once. The Scene & The Evidence covers capturing the scene and evidence before they change, each item numbered. Care & Costs logs every paper and visit, with each amount copied from the bill itself — never estimated, never rounded from memory.
Notifications records who was told, when, with proof kept, and the reply in its exact words. The Evidence Index numbers everything so the whole bundle can be found in a minute. The Follow-Up Log tracks appointments, replies, and papers awaited, so nothing stalls silently. Getting Advice closes the pack: get into an advice meeting early, with the bundle already assembled, instead of arriving with a story and no papers. The pack states no compensation or coverage rule of its own — it makes sure whoever answers those questions answers from a complete record.
Who is it for? Delivery, rideshare, and shopping drivers hurt or in an accident while working a gig app. Drivers who are fine today but want the pack in the glovebox or the phone before anything happens, not after. And any gig worker whose injury paperwork is currently scattered across a camera roll, a glovebox, and three different inboxes.
How to use it: if you are hurt, follow Safety First — care before any page. The same day, when you are able, write the one incident record from facts while they are fresh, write ‘unknown’ where you do not know, and number the scene photos and papers into the evidence index as they arrive. Log each bill from the bill itself, log each notification with its proof and exact reply, and keep the follow-up log current until the file closes. The included spreadsheet keeps it counted: its demo shows 3 incidents logged with 1 marked Closed, and a cost log totaling $165 copied from real papers — replace the demo rows with yours.
If you are injured, seek medical care first. This pack is a general record-keeping and incident-organization tool you complete from your own records. It is not legal, medical, or insurance advice — consult an attorney and your own clinician about your situation. It states no compensation, coverage, or claim rule or deadline as applying, and guarantees no outcome.
Care first — then one record that holds:
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