Chapter 17 Worker's Compensation

Front 1

How does Worker's Compensation protect employers and fellow workers?

Back 1

By limiting the award that an injured employee can recover from an employer.

Front 2

Do federal and state laws require employees to keep up with Worker's Compensation?

Back 2

Yes.

Front 3

Who must be notified by mail when an injured worker presents for the first visit without a written referral from the employer?

Back 3

The employer.

Front 4

The first injury report form is completed how many times?

Back 4

Four times (quadruplicate)

Front 5

Does the worker have to be on the work grounds to qualify for worker's compensation?

Back 5

No.

Front 6

All providers are required to do what?

Back 6

Accept Worker's Compensation in full.

Front 7

Why are medical treatment claims the easiest to process?

Back 7

Because they are filed for minor injuries or illness.

Front 8

Comprehensive records of all vaccinations and any accidental exposure incidences must be retained for how many years?

Back 8

20

Front 9

What does 'permanent disability' refer to?

Back 9

An employee's diminished capacity to return to work.

Front 10

OSHA was created to protect who?

Back 10

Employees

Front 11

Schedule loss of use compensation is limited to what amount of time?

Back 11

A certain amount of weeks

Front 12

The first report of injury form does not contain what?

Back 12

A signature line.

Front 13

Who should personally sign all the original and photocopies of progress reports before they are filed?

Back 13

The physician.

Front 14

If an employer wants to challenge the legitimacy of a claim, what must be filed anyway?

Back 14

An injury report.

Front 15

What is a narrative progress/supplemental report filed for?

Back 15

To document any significant change in the worker's medical or disability status.

Front 16

What is sent to coal minors who have been permanently disabled due to pneumoconiosis?

Back 16

Monthly benefit checks

Front 17

What does the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs provide?

Back 17

-Wage replacement benefits

-Vocation rehabilitation

-Medical treatment

Front 18

The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program provides benefits to who?

Back 18

Employees of the Department of Energy

Front 19

OWCP programs include what?

Back 19

Energy Occupational Illness Compensation Program and the Federal Black Lung Program.

Front 20

The Department of Labor manages programs designed to prevent work-related injuries and illness which include what?

Back 20

-Mine Safety and Health Administration

-Occupational Safety and Health Administration

-Jones Act

Front 21

The Division of Federal Employee's Compensation Act (FECA) processes what?

Back 21

Medical expenses and compensation benefits to injured workers and survivors.

Front 22

How are survivor benefits calculated?

Back 22

According to the employee's capacity at the time of illness or injury.

Front 23

The Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Program covers who?

Back 23

Workers under contract with the US government for defense projects outside the continental US

Front 24

What is the employee's health care provider responsible for?

Back 24

Determining the extent of the disability of the employee

Front 25

What is the State Insurance Fund?

Back 25

A quasi-public agency that provides workers' compensation insurance coverage to private and public employers.

Front 26

What are some examples of on the job injuries?

Back 26

-Employee is injured while dropping off lab samples to the local laboratory

-Employee attending an out of state conference is involved in a car crash

-Worker slips on ice when leaving the hospital after delivering something for the doctor.

Front 27

What kind of payments does Workers' Compensation provide?

Back 27

Weekly cash payments and reimburses health care costs for covered employees who develop a work-related illness or sustain an injury while on the job.

Front 28

What are self-insurance plans required to do?

Back 28

Set aside a percentage of funds to cover medical expenses and have sufficient capital (money) to qualify.

Front 29

Office of Workers' Compensation administers programs that provide what?

Back 29

Wage replacement benefits to federal workers.

Front 30

What are survivor benefits?

Back 30

Death benefits that are calculated at the time of injury or illness.

Front 31

What is adjudication?

Back 31

A dispute resolution process in which the appeals board makes a final determination.

Front 32

What is deposition?

Back 32

A legal proceeding during which a party answers questions under oath.

Front 33

What are MSDS?

Back 33

Material Data Sheets

Front 34

Who is the first report of injury filed with?

Back 34

State Workers' Compensation Board/Commission

Front 35

What type of program is the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program?

Back 35

A federal program

Front 36

What is the Workers' Compensation Board of Commission?

Back 36

State agency responsible for providing payments to dependents of the deceased covered worker.

Front 37

What is budget chargeback?

Back 37

The transfer of funds from responsible federal agencies budget to the DFEC.

Front 38

Who is the compensation file created for?

Back 38

Established patients injured on the job.

Front 39

What is the Federal Employment Liability Act?

Back 39

A statue that provides railroad employees with protection from negligence.

Front 40

Employer fraud is committed by who?

Back 40

An employer who misrepresents payroll amounts

Front 41

what is arbitration?

Back 41

A dispute resolution process made by an impartial person with no judicial powers.

Front 42

State Insurance of Compensation Fund is the what?

Back 42

Fiscal agent designated by state law and the corporation involved

Front 43

When does Workers' Compensation not pay?

Back 43

When an employee was negligent in their work.

Front 44

What are two benefits for the employer who incorporates managed care into the Workers' Compensation Program?

Back 44

Managed care that protects human resources and reduces workers' compensation costs

Front 45

What does the Department of Labor manage?

Back 45

Mine Safety and Health Administration and OSHA which exist to prevent work-related Injuries and illness.

Front 46

How do employees qualify for workers' compensation?

Back 46

If they are injured on the while working within the scope of their job description or doing something the employer requested or develop a disease that can be directly linked to their work environment

Front 47

When were US federal mine safety laws enacted?

Back 47

1911