Common use of Reporting of Injuries Clause in Contracts

Reporting of Injuries. A. When an Employee has been injured in the course of employment with Employer, regardless of the extent, he/she shall immediately report the injury to the immediate supervisor. The Employee shall also call the Injury Reporting Hotline (596-9622 or 0-000-000-0000) and report the injury telephonically as soon as possible until such time that the Hotline is replaced by the web-based injury reporting system. The supervisor will receive an Injury Report/Investigation form a few days following the Hotline call prepared for investigation completion and signatures. District Chief level supervisors shall have the responsibility for completion and filing of Injury Reports and also Injury Leave Application forms in the event lost time results from the injury with appropriate administrative personnel who in turn shall submit same to the City Workers’ Compensation Section within fifteen (15) days of the original injury date and first day of lost time as applicable. The Workers’ Compensation Section shall assure that all injury reports and injury leave applications are procedurally correct. Procedural errors shall not be used as a basis for the denial of injury leave benefits.

Reporting of Injuries. A. When an Employee has been injured in the course of employment with Employer, regardless of the extent, he/she shall immediately report the injury to the immediate supervisor. The Employee shall also call the Injury Reporting Hotline until such time that the Hotline is replaced by the web-based injury (596-9622 or 0-000-000-0000) and report the injury telephonically as soon as possible until such time that the Hotline is replaced by the web-based injury reporting system. The supervisor will receive an Injury Report/Investigation form a few days following the Hotline call prepared for investigation completion and signatures. District Chief level supervisors shall have the responsibility for completion and filing of Injury Reports and also Injury Leave Application forms in the event lost time results from the injury with appropriate administrative personnel who in turn shall submit same to the City Workers’ Compensation Section within fifteen (15) days of the original injury date and first day of lost time as applicable. The Workers’ Compensation Section shall assure that all injury reports and injury leave applications are procedurally correct. Procedural errors shall not be used as a basis for the denial of injury leave benefits.