Workers' Compensation - Employee Process Guide
Employee suffers work-related injury or illness
Employee seeks medical help; if injury is serious, Supervisor assists employee with obtaining medical help
Employee notifies Supervisor immediately.
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.
Once supervisor receives the automated email message, the supervisor can then complete the Supervisor's Report of Incident.
HR Benefits team reviews the employee's report and files a claim with the State Office of Risk Management (SORM)*
HR Benefits team will follow up with the employee if any required forms are missing from their submission.
HR Benefits coordinates Family and Medical Leave benefits with Employee if absence is 3 or more days
Employee notifies HR Benefits of any updates to SORM claim
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.