Not sure what state your from, but in California, you would be better off claiming any other injury other than cutting a finger. I'm a legal assistant in a work comp firm. In california, you're looking at very minimal compensation for a finger injury. The average max amount of compensation for a finger injury would be around $7K (and that's considering that you have somehow lost the finger physically). As a matter of fact, alot of attorney's are very hesitant or picky about what type of finger injury it is.

You see, in workman's compensation, you get compensated depending on how much permanent disability the work injury has caused.

From my personal advise, it's simply not worth going on workman's comp these days. If the doctor takes you off work and your work comp claim is denied by the workmans comp insurance carrier, you will be screwed and may eventually have to draw money out of your state disability, pending your doctors signature.

Work comp claims can get really ugly. Not to mention, I'd say about 90% of all cases the injured worker's relationship with his employer turns sour or goes down the drain. No company wants to be lieable for an injured worker.