Employee Injuries & Workers' Compensation
All employee injuries should be reported to Enterprise Risk Management immediately by following the steps below.
Workers’ compensation ("WC") is the University's exclusive response to medical costs for work-related injuries.
Other common search terms for workers' compensation: worker's compensation, workman's compensation, workers compensation.
Employee Report of Injury (English) Employee Report of Injury (Español)
Employees
All employee injuries must be reported. Employees must:
- Sign a copy of the WC Medical Providers list (disponible en Español).
- Complete the Employee Report of Injury form (disponible en Español).
- Submit it within 24 hours of the injury occurring.
Seeking medical treatment is optional, but if an employee is going to seek medical treatment and wants it covered by workers' compensation insurance, the employee must go to a provider listed on the WC Medical Providers list.
Please review the Procedures for Employees (disponible en Español).
Supervisors
All employee injuries must be reported. Supervisors must:
- Give the injured employee the WC Medical Providers list at the time of the injury, unless it is a life-threatening/serious injury. (List in Spanish.)
- Conduct a thorough investigation to determine if injury could have been prevented, if additional training is necessary, etc.
- Fill out the Supervisor's Report.
- Submit the Employee's Report of Injury, Supervisors Report, and a signed copy of the WC Medical Providers list to risk@du.edu within 24 hours of the injury occurring.
Please review the Procedures for Supervisors.