Worker Information

• Safety in Your Workplace
• If You Get Hurt
• Getting Back to Normal
• Appeals

IF YOU GET HURT

Criteria:

Adjudicators decide whether you are entitled to benefits based on the following:

Were you employed as a worker?

• Was there any employer/worker relationship?
• Is the injury work-related?
• Is there medical evidence to support your claim?

Rejected Claims:

There are three reasons why claims are rejected.

There was not enough information to process the claim.  In these cases, we have requested additional information and it has not been provided.

• The industry or the claimant is not covered under the Workers’ Compensation Act. For example, federal workers are exempt because they are covered under federal legislation.
• The injury or illness is not work-related as required by the Workers’ Compensation Act.