What are the steps for an employer to report a work-related injury?
• Investigate incident and determine a work related accident occurred • If outside medical treatment is required, send employee to the clinic or hospital. • Complete “Accident Report”. (within 24 hours produces best results) • If recordable or employee seeks outside medical attention, complete the “First Report of Injury” and fax or send to your worker’s comp carrier. • Update “Accident Report” classification section based upon the treating physician’s summary of accident. • If injury has “restricted work days” or “lost work days”, update accident report to start calendar count. Be sure to end calendar count when restricted/lost work days end. • Determine the cause of the accident and implement controls to eliminate or reduce the exposure to the same accident occurring in the future ((RCA) Root Cause Analysis) and (Corrective Action) • Injury Case closes when employee is released from the doctor. • Post 300A Summary from Feb1st -April 30th in a place that employees can easily view the
