Supervisor's 

Responsibilities

• Make safe working conditions a top 

priority in your organization.

• Make certain that injured employees 

have access to the appropriate claim 

forms and receive guidance and 

counseling when requested.

• Complete the employer's portion 

of the claim within 48 hours and 

immediately forward to the DLA, 

Injury Compensation Division. 

• Filing Electronically - ECOMP 

(Optional) (www.ecomp.dol.gov)

• The supervisor should also submit any 

other information or evidence pertinent 

to the merits of the claim.

• Ensure that Form CA16 (if applicable) 

to authorize medical care is provided 

to the employee within 4 hours of 

employee's request or immediately in 

the case of an emergency. 

• Provide injured employees with light or 

restricted duty whenever possible to 

accommodate any medical limitations 

necessitated by the injury. 

How To Contact Us:

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

DLA Human Resources

Enterprise Operations

Injury Compensation Division

8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 1232

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6221

Comm: (571) 767-3188

DSN: 94-392-767-3188

Fax: (215) 516-6046

Email: icc@dla.mil

https://www.dla.mil/Careers/

Employees/Benefits/

Injury-Compensation/
Federal Employees'

Compensation Act

The Federal Employees’ Compensation Act 

(FECA) provides compensation benefits 

to federal employees for disability due to 

personal injury or illness sustained while in the 

performance of duty. The FECA also provides for 

payment of benefits to dependents if a workrelated injury or illness causes an employee’s 

death. This coverage is extended to all civilian 

employees of the federal government and is 

intended to be remedial in nature. Proceedings 

under the FECA are non-adversarial.

Benefits under FECA constitute the sole 

remedy available to federal employees against 

the U.S. Government for work-related injury, 

illness or death. A federal employee or surviving 

dependent is not entitled to sue the United States 

or recover damages for such injury or death 

under any other law.

The FECA is a federal law administered by the 

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Division of 

Federal Employees' Longshore and Harbor 

Worker's Compensation (DFELHWC). All 

entitlement decisions are made by DFELHWC.

The DLA Injury Compensation Division serves 

the injured DLA employee by providing 

appropriate FECA forms and information 

regarding entitlement, benefits and other 

workers’ compensation issues. The IC Division 

staff act as liaisons between the Agency and 

DFELHWC, providing assistance in facilitating 

communication dealing with any problems or 

issues that may occur.

What is Covered Under FECA

Traumatic Injury

A traumatic injury is caused by a specific event or 

series of events within a single workday or work shift. 

(Form CA-1).

Occupational Disease or Illness

An occupational disease or illness is a condition 

produced in the work environment over a period 

longer than one workday or shift. It may result from 

systemic infection, repeated stress or strain, exposure 

to toxins, poisons, fumes or other continuing 

conditions of the work environment. (Form CA-2).

Recurrence

A recurrence of disability is a spontaneous return 

or increase of disability due to a previous injury 

without intervening cause. A recurrence of a medical 

condition is defined as a documented need for further 

medical treatment after release from treatment but 

with no accompanying work stoppage. (Form CA-2a).

COP use may be continuous or intermittent.

FECA Benefits

Continuation Of Pay (COP)

The FECA provides that an employee’s regular pay 

may continue for up to 45 calendar days of disability 

following a traumatic injury. Use of COP days must be 

supported by medical evidence.

Wage Loss

If an employee is disabled for work as a result of the 

accepted condition for a period, which exceeds the 45 

days of COP, or is disabled for work as the result of 

an occupational disease or illness, he/she may claim 

compensation for wage loss. (Form CA-7).

Leave Repurchase

The employee may decide to use sick or annual leave 

during a period of disability from work. If the claim is 

accepted, the employee may be eligible to apply for 

repurchase of this leave. (Form CA-7).

Medical Services

Under the FECA, an injured employee is 

entitled to the payment of medical bills incurred 

for the treatment of any accepted workrelated condition. This includes all treatment, 

appliances, and supplies prescribed or 

recommended by a qualified physician who in 

the opinion of the DOL are likely to cure, give 

relief, reduce the degree or period of disability, 

or aid in lessening the amount of monthly wage 

loss compensation.

Licensed Physician - includes surgeons, 

osteopathic practitioners, podiatrists, dentists, 

clinical psychologists, and optometrists, etc.

Chiropractic treatment - is covered under 

the FECA only when it involves the manual 

manipulation of the spine to correct a spinal 

subluxation, which has been demonstrated by 

x-ray to be present, or if a medical doctor has 

prescribed physical therapy by a chiropractor. 

Chiropractic treatment must be pre-approved 

by DFELHWC.

Other Benefits

• Travel Reimbursement

• Death Benefits

• Vocational Rehabilitation

• Schedule Awards

Employee's 

Responsibilities

• Submit completed claim forms to the 

supervisor timely.

• Provide evidence to support the claim.

• Report all changes in medical status to the 

supervisor immediately.

• Return to work for full or light duty as soon 

as medically capable.