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About our Workers’ Compensation Department…
We are well versed in Worker’s Compensation laws and procedures.
Please understand that the Union is not notified when you are
injured, nor do we know unless you tell us. If you have been injured
on the job, contact our Workers Compensation Staff Representative
Artie Spencer at the Union office at 860-343-8711 or
1-800-622-3359 x711 or via e-mail at
aspencer@ceui.org, so that we
can assist you in receiving prompt payments and benefits.
It is most important that employees who are injured, or who suspect
they have been injured or have contracted a disease on the job, take
immediate steps to protect their rights and to ensure their claim is
process properly.
If you are injured on the job, you should immediately:
1. Notify your supervisor of the incident (and give the supervisor
the names of any witnesses) at your
first opportunity—don’t delay.
2. Seek immediate medical treatment if time is of the essence or if
it is an emergency. This is important to establish your claim. Don’t
lapse in treatment for non-emergency.
3. Fill out an Accident Report—no matter if the injury is severe or
minor, your injury needs to be document. You should ask for and read
the report promptly to insure accuracy.
4. Your supervisor should call GAB Robins, who provides the Managed
Care Program for the State of Connecticut Employees as well as the
Claims Administration, and report the injury to them.
5. Your supervisor should send you for immediate medical treatment or
diagnosis if not already done.
6. Be sure to check with your supervisor to make sure that the
physician who will be treating you regarding your claim is in the
Workers Compensation network. Insured workers can only be treated by
physicians in the CT Workers’ Compensation network, who should have
the necessary forms in their offices, needed for prompt processing
through the Workers Comp system.
Failure to seek medical treatment with a Workers’ Compensation network
doctor(s) may cause delay in processing of your claim and denial of
your benefits.
7. File a Form 30-C to substantiate your claim (CEUI has these
forms).
8. You can check
Article 38 of the NP-2 contract for further information on
additional Workers’ Compensation benefits.
9. You should also notify your workplace steward of your injury and
give them all of the information. If you do not have a workplace
steward, please contact your staff representative.
Failure to seek medical treatment with a Workers'
Compensation network doctor(s) may cause delay in processing of
your claim and denial of your benefits.
Remember: We cannot help you, unless you call the union office
to begin a file and let the Workers Comp. Rep's know that you were
injured, and/or are having problems.
You can check
Article 38 of the NP-2 contract for further information
on additional Worker's Compensation benefits.
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