10.7 Injury and Illness Case Management Flashcards
This flashcard deck was created using Flashcardlet's card creator
What is the significance between disabling and non-disabling injury?
Disabling the employee is not able to return to work for their next scheduled shift.
The injury and illness case management program is to lessen the _______ and __________ impacts on Departments as result of occupational injuries and illnesses.
Human and Fiscal
What is the significances between “recurrence of injury” and “aggravation of injury”?
An aggravation shall be documented as a new injury!
Injuries not witnessed or claims of cumulative trauma should or should not be listed as questionable injury?
Should not
When an injury or illness is listed as questionable, the reasons for questioning the claim shall be documented where?
CHP 121
There are two agencies involved in adjusting and adjudication of injury/illness/exposure claims.
What are they and their responsibilities?
SCIF State Compensation Insurance Fund Adjusting Agency
Workers Compensation Appeals Board Semi Judicial issuing binding decisions
Commanders or their designees shall contact SCIF monthly, biweekly, bimonthly to review the status of those cases in which employees have been placed off duty.
Monthly
Injury case management is reported ________ to Division.
Quarterly
Supervisors shall determine preventability of injuries, illness, or exposures.
T or F
False, commanders shall determine and take appropriate corrective measures.
The Commander or their designee shall meet with the employee to review the reasons the claim was deemed preventable.
T or F
True
Area Commander shall prepare a memorandum expressing their desire to assist the employee with their injury case also outlining 3 areas, what are the 3.
Departmental Policy regarding injury/illness case management
Employee rights
Employee responsibilities
Is an employees secondary employment request automatically suspended.
No, unless the secondary employment interferes with recovery.
How often does the commander or designee contact SCIF when an employee is off injured?
Once a month
The 121D injury tracking report is submitted to Division by the _____ day of each month.
10th
The 121D injury tracking report should shall may contain information on employees that are on limited duty or off 30 days or less.
May
The 121D injury tracking report should shall may contain information on employees that are on limited duty or off 30 days or more.
Shall
The decision to accept an injury claim comes from the division commander area commander SCIF or workers comp?
SCIF
How does an employee report an recurrence of an injury or illness and within what time frame?
CHP 51 Memorandum explaining circumstances within 24 hours
What if the employee is unable to complete the CHP51 within 24 hours?
Supervisor shall complete the memorandum
What are the supervisors responsibilities to the injured employee
Involvement, compliance, review, employee assistance medical appointments, lack of rehab by employee
. Employees who are off duty as a result of occupational injury and illnesses shall be assigned to their residence with an assigned work shift of
0800 hours to 1700 hours, Monday through Friday.
DEATH, SERIOUS INJURY OR ILLNESS notifications
Telephone division chief and appropriate assistant commissioner Immediately
Comm net 8 hrs
Division of Occupational Safety & Health within 8 hrs
SCIF ASAP
Are senior volunteers eligible for workers compensation benefits if injured..
No,
If an applicant reports he/she sustained an injury during the application process an injury and illness reporting and routing procedures shall or shall not be started by the supervisor managing the applicant process.
Shall document. salary box “ none “ the occupation box “applicant”
