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Ohio
Workers' Compensation Guide:
Filing
the Claim
In order for an injured worker to receive benefits under
the Ohio Workers' Compensation system, the injured worker must file a
workers' compensation claim.
A claim can be filed by using the FROI-1 form. [This
form can be downloaded from the Bureau of Workers'
Compensation web site.] Many claims are now electronically filed by
the Managed Care Organization, when
an injured worker seeks medical treatment.
It is the injured worker's responsibility to
ensure that a claim has been filed.
If a claim has been filed, the injured worker will
receive a "claim number" from the Bureau. If you have not received a
claim number, check to ensure that a claim has actually been filed.
Make sure that the claim number you have is a Bureau of
Workers' Compensation claim number. Bureau of Workers' Compensation
claim numbers currently begin with the last two digits of the year of
injury (for example, an 2000 injury claim would begin "00-"). If you do
not have a Bureau of Workers' Compensation claim number, check to
ensure that a claim has actually been filed.
The claim number identifies the claim and should be put
on all documents filed with the Bureau or the Commission.
Note that there are time limits
for filing workers' compensation claims. If a claim is not
filed within the time limit it will be forever barred. Because the
issue of time limits is important and potentially confusing, if you
have a specific question about the time limits for filing a claim, you
should contact an attorney.
Other information:
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