Workers' Compensation

PROCEDURES FOR FILING A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIM

Non-Emergency Injury Reporting

Injured employee who needs medical attention notifies his/her supervisor.
Failure to report an injury before seeking treatment may result in a denial of medical benefits until the employee notifies their supervisor or employer representative.
Injured employee or Supervisor immediately calls the Company Nurse Injury Hotline which is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Be sure to provide the search code on the Company Nurse Poster.
All departments should have the Company Nurse Poster posted with the other required postings. Each supervisor should have a Company Nurse Wallet Card wallet card with the Company Nurse phone number and the UofA search code. Company Nurse gathers information from supervisor and employee.
Company Nurse (a) provides immediate medical treatment recommendation to the employee and (b) sends the injury report to the University's designated treatment facilities, the Public Employee Claims Division, and the UA Risk Management Coordinator.
UA Risk Management Coordinator obtains employee signatures and sends the report to the Public Employee Claims Division for processing.

Emergency Injury Reporting

Injured employee who needs immediate emergency medical care goes directly to the closest hospital Emergency Room (ER) or calls 911 if ambulance is needed.
Injured employee notifies his/her supervisor.
Failure to report an injury may result in a denial of medical benefits until the employee notifies their supervisor or employer representative.
Injured employee or Supervisor immediately calls the Company Nurse Injury Hotline to report the injury. Be sure to provide the search code from the Company Nurse Poster.
Company Nurse (a) gathers information about the injury and (b) sends the injury report to the Public Employee Claims Division, and the UA Risk Management Coordinator.
UA Risk Management Coordinator obtains employee signatures and sends the report to the Public Employee Claims Division for processing.

Injuries Requiring No Treatment

Injured employee notifies his/her supervisor.
Supervisor and employee complete an Incident Report Form to record job injuries that do not require medical treatment.
Send completed Incident Report Form to the UA Risk Management Coordinator, Houston Hopkins at hh054@uark.edu.
UA Risk Management Coordinator retains the signed, completed Incident Report Form as documentation of the incident.

Forms:

Company Nurse Posters, wallet cards, and prescription forms can be obtained from Risk Management Coordinator at hh054@uark.edu.

AHRMS Policy Manual 105-4

Workers' Compensation is available for Faculty and Staff who become injured while performing employment duties for the University. It is available for full-time workers, graduate assistants, work-study students, part-time and seasonal workers should an injury or illness occur due to a work-related incident.

The University of Arkansas is committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Risk Management encourages employees to report work-place hazards and for everyone to know what to do should an injury or illness occur while on the job.

Job Related Injuries Addresses and Phone Numbers

Pat Walker Health Center
479-575-4451

University Risk Management Coordinator
Houston Hopkins

479-575-8789

Office of Risk Management

Uptown West, Floor 2

Training Programs

If you or your department would like to schedule a training session on Workers' Compensation policies and procedures, please email the Risk Management Coordinator at hh054@uark.edu for more information.

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