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POLICY & PROCEDURE
Subject: Index: Human Resources & Risk
OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND Management
ILLNESSES
Number: 700-09
Effective Date Supersedes Page Staff Contact Approved B
4/15/2009 1/1/93 1 of 2 Nancy Carlson
1.0 PURPOSE:
1.1 To coordinate and monitor all occupational injuries and illnesses through one central
location, insofar as possible.
1.2 To ensure all occupational injuries and illnesses receive prompt, efficient attention and
necessary follow-up.
1.3 To ensure that proper reporting procedures are followed.
Z.0 ORGANIZATIONS AFFECTED:
All departments/divisions.
3.0 REFERENCE:
City of Renton Policy& Procedure 300-38.
4.0 POLICY:
Insofar as treatment and care for occupational injuries and illnesses are the responsibility of the
City through provision of Industrial Insurance, a policy is established to better monitor these
injuries.
5.0 DEFINITIONS:
5.1 Occupational Injury: Any injury that an employee sustains while at work. Examples: a
back injury suffered due to incorrect lifting techniques; a fracture or sprained ankle; a cut
requiring stitches, etc.
5.2 Occupational Illness: Any abnormal condition or disorder, other than one resulting from
an occupational injury, caused by environmental factors associated with employment,
including acute and chronic illnesses or diseases caused by inhalation, absorption,
ingestion, or direct contact.
6.0 PROCEDURES:
6.1 When an injury is sustained or a condition that may result in illness occurs while an
employee is at work, the employee's supervisor must be informed immediately.
6.2 If warranted by circumstances, first-aid care will be provided to the injured or ill employee
by someone properly trained and certified to do so.
6.3 In situations requiring immediate medical attention, the supervisor will ca11911 to secure
the aid of trained Fire Department personnel.
6.4 The supervisor must ensure that the employee is able to drive or has transportation and
provide the employee with an Industrial Insurance claim packet.
6.5 Employees should go to a clinic or physician of choice as soon as possible after the injury
is sustained, or after the employee becomes aware of an illness or possible illness. The
employee is entitled to select a physician of his/her own choice. However, he/she also has
the option of going to a comprehensive medical clinic.
6.6 The doctor will complete the Physician's Initial Report from the Industrial Insurance claim
packet and forward it to the City's third party administratar. The doctor will provide
necessary treatment and will inform the employee of any required follow-up and whether
time away from work is necessary. The employee and the supervisor will both complete
portions of the Accident Report contained in the packet and forward them to the Human
Resources and Risk Management Department.
6.7 The supervisor must report an employee's time lost on the On-the-Job Injury Time Loss
Report and forward it to the Human Resources and Risk Management Department at the
end of each pay period.
6.8 Whether or not there is time lost, the supervisor must immediately complete the
Supervisor's Report of Injury and forward it to the Human Resources and Risk
Management Department.
6.9 The employee may return to work only with the written authorization from the doctar
responsible for treatment. The Human Resources and Risk Management Department must
be notified immediately upon an employee's return to work, and provided with a copy of
the return to work authorization.