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Workers' Compensation - Employee Process Guide

Step 1

Employee suffers work-related injury or illness

Step 2

Employee seeks medical help; if injury is serious, Supervisor assists employee with obtaining medical help

Step 3

Employee notifies Supervisor immediately.

Step 4

Employee completes the electronic Employee's Report of Incident or Injury form. Upon submission, Human Resources (HR), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), and the employee's supevisor will be notified via an automated email message.

Step 5

Once supervisor receives the automated email message, the supervisor can then complete the Supervisor's Report of Incident.

Step 6

HR Benefits team reviews the employee's report and files a claim with the State Office of Risk Management (SORM)*

Step 7

HR Benefits team will follow up with the employee if any required forms are missing from their submission.

Step 8

HR Benefits coordinates Family and Medical Leave benefits with Employee if absence is 3 or more days

Step 9

Employee notifies HR Benefits of any updates to SORM claim

Step 10

Employee returns to work and provides return to work authorization

Contact HR Benefits for additional information.

*If employee does not require medical treatment or time off from work due to work-related injury or illness, HR Benefits files the report with the State Office of Risk Management (SORM) as an incident and no further action is required.