Minnesota Workers’ Compensation
KNOW THE PROCESS WHEN YOU ARE INJURED BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK.
Notify your supervisor as soon as possible. You may needlessly complicate our right to workers’ compensation benefits you do not promptly report the injury to your employer.
The Employer must complete a First Report of Injury Form.
If you seek medical attention, your health care provider needs to know if you are getting treated for a workers’ compensation injury.
Be sure to tell your physician: how and when the injury occurred, your symptoms and why you feel the injury is work-related.
Your doctor will complete the report of workability form detailing any physical limitations you may have4 due to your work injury. It is very important that your employer and insurer receive copies of the form on a timely basis, because it may affect your entitlement to wage-loss benefits.
If you have lost time from work
There is a waiting period before benefits may begin.
You will get a copy of insurer’s form accepting or denying your claim that contains information you’ll need to know about your claim.
If your claim is approved and you have lost time you are entitled to a Qualified Rehabilitation Specialist who will assist you with your medical appointments and return to work plans.
The Minnesota Workers’ Compensation System is very complex, and you should be represented by a Workers' Compensation attorney.
COMMON INSURANCE COMPANY PITALLS TO YOUR CLAIM
Your claim gets denied because of pre-existing medical conditions. The Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Office of Administrative Hearings recognizes substantial aggravation of a pre-existing condition. This type of issue can be very complex.
Your claim gets denied because your injury occurred over a period of time.
Injured workers can have compensable workers injuries that are not due to a single traumatic event but because the job duties caused repetitive trauma over a period of time. This type of injury is known as a Gillette injury. This type of issue can be very complex.
An injured worker files a workers’ compensation claim and is treated with termination because the employe claims that a pre-existing condition was not disclosed in the pre-employment questionnaire.
Truth: Minnesota has laws that prevent retaliatory termination due to a work injury. Injured workers have rights regarding what medical records an employer may have access to regarding their employment
