One avenue to receiving compensation for an industrial accident that has occurred on the job is a workers’ compensation claim. To begin a workers’ compensation claim, an injured employee must file a report of that injury to their employer within 30 days of discovering the injury.
Once received, the employer has ten days to file a notice with the Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration that will launch an investigation into the claim to determine whether the employee should receive compensation, for how long, and for what amount.