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Steps to take when an employee reports a work injury:

• Make detailed notes about how the injury occurred, and (if possible) obtain written witness statements.
• Have the employee complete and sign an accident report.
• Notify your workers’ compensation carrier immediately.
• Provide the employee with an injury claim form and contact information for your workers’ compensation carrier.
• Complete a North Carolina Industrial Commission Form 19, Employer’s Report of Injury.
• Review any available post-offer medical documentation to see if the employee reported problems with the body part he/she claims is injured.
• Make sure the employee is aware of your light-duty return to work policy.
• Get a post-accident drug test.
• Ensure supervisors are aware of, and abide by, any applicable light-duty work restrictions.
• Express sympathy. It’s OK to be nice!

For more information or assistance with a matter, please contact one of our workers’ compensation attorneys below or visit our website at www.youngmoorelaw.com.

Young Moore’s Workers’ Compensation team:

• Jeffrey T. Linder
• Dawn Dillon Raynor
• Angela Farag Craddock
• Lori M. Allen
• Jefferson P. Whisenant
• William H. Thomas