Question:about injury on the fireground or other places on duty

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PermalinkReply byWalter D. PattersononApril 2, 2009 at 8:19am

You should always report work related injuries to your supervisor and complete the appropriate form to document the incident. Check your company risk managment policy. Additionally, injuries that occur in the course and scope of performing your duties, whether you are volunteer or paid....is a worker's compensation claim. Your company should also have the worker's compensation forms. The employer can use the worker's comp injury report form as the injury report form even if it is only an incident and is not filed as a compensible claim. It is important to recognize that the worker's comp laws for each state are different, so it is improtant to know the comp laws for your state. I hope this helps. If you have any further questions, just send me an e-mail.

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