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Any injury to a person while serving as an employee of Community
of Christ will be covered by Worker’s Compensation. |
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An employee is: anyone who performs a
service for Community of Christ and receives one or more of the
following forms of compensation: payroll, housing, stipend for
services or barter for services. |
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| Procedures |
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Always take care of the injury
first.
A) If the injury is minor and care is given on site, the incident
should still be reported to Risk Management Services at 800-825-2806
x1492 within 24 hours (or the next working day).
B) If emergency care is needed, go to the closest emergency care
provider.
- Tell them this is a Worker’s Compensation injury and provide
Community of Christ information to them.
- Do NOT use a personal insurance card.
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Our Worker’s Comp carrier requires all
the questions on the
Statement
of Injury to be answered.
Information can be provided by the injured person and/or others who
were witnesses. Be assured that
all personal information will be guarded as highly confidential.
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Fax completed form to Risk Management
(816-521-3035 or e-mail
Sandie ) as soon as possible so
the claim can be reported to our carrier.
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If the emergency provider has referred
the injured person to a treatment center, that center must be
approved by our carrier before the follow-up visit is made. Risk
Management Services can help.
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After claim is reported, a caseworker
will contact the injured person to discuss further treatments.
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