Construction Small Business Checklists - Section 5

Manage Your Industrial Insurance Costs

 

Take appropriate actions -- initially and on an on-going basis -- to be involved in any injury claim

• Copy the "If An Injury Occurs" checklist, and use it to perform and track the appropriate steps

Have a packet of materials for an injured worker.

• Forms for the doctor to evaluate when they can return to work
  • See an example of a "Description of duties"
  • British Columbia file of "Job Demands Analysis"
  • King County file of Job Analysis forms
• Have the injured worker describe in detail how they got injured

Find productive tasks for workers returning after an injury

Learn what to do if you don't think an injury claim is valid

• See an example from the Washington Retail Association on how to protest a claim's validity to L&I
• Read an overview on what constitutes fraud or abuse, and be able to report to L&I

Request a free consultation from one of DOSH's Risk Management specialists.

Take the free one-day course "Controlling Your Claims Costs"

• Enroll by telephone: 1-800-574-2829
• Register on line