FIRST REPORTS OF INJURY MAKING THEM WORK FOR YOU
PURPOSE OF THE FIRST REPORT OF INJURY Document required by the State of Alabama Workers Compensation Division in the event of an accident To ensure proper detailed reporting of an accident Tracking of accidents by the State and rating bureaus for purposes of loss control, premium, and statistics
COMMON PROBLEMS IN COMPLETION OF FROI Inaccurate/incomplete responses to requested information Delayed submission of forms to workers compensation carrier Lack of detailed responses in regards to the injury
NEW FIRST REPORT OF INJURY FORM
FILLING OUT THE FROI The FROI is broken into six sections CLAIM REFERENCE – Items 1 thru 3 CLAIM REFERENCE – Items 1 thru 3 EMPLOYER – Items 4 thru 17 EMPLOYER – Items 4 thru 17 INSURER/FILING OFFICE – Items 18 thru 27 INSURER/FILING OFFICE – Items 18 thru 27 EMPLOYEE/WAGES – Items 28 thru 50 EMPLOYEE/WAGES – Items 28 thru 50 INJURY/TREATMENT – Items 51 thru 76 INJURY/TREATMENT – Items 51 thru 76 OTHER – Items 77 thru 81 OTHER – Items 77 thru 81
CLAIM REFERENCE ITEM #1 – This number is assigned by the member ITEM #2 – This number is assigned by Municipal Workers Compensation Fund, Inc. ITEM #3 – This number is assigned by OSHA
EMPLOYER ITEMS # 4 THRU 9 – Street address of member ITEMS # 10 THRU 14 – Mailing address of member if different from street address ITEM #15 – Member’s Federal Tax ID Number
EMPLOYER CONTINUED ITEM #16 – Member’s State Unemployment Compensation account number (Example ) ITEM # 17 – North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number (Housing Authority ) (All others )
INSURER/FILING OFFICE ITEM # 18 – Municipal Workers Compensation Fund, Inc. (MWCF, Inc.) ITEM # 19 – MWCF Federal Tax ID Number – to be filled out by MRM ITEM # 20 – Check the Group Fund Box and list your Group Fund Number ( ) – SEE STATE COI ON NEXT SLIDE ITEM # 21 – Millennium Risk Managers, LLC (MRM)
SAMPLE STATE COI
INSURER/FILING OFFICE CONT’D ITEM # 21a – ITEM # 22 – P.O. Box ITEM # 23 – (205) ITEM # 24 – Birmingham ITEM # 25 – AL ITEM # 26 – ITEM # 27 – Millennium Risk Managers, LLC Federal Tax ID Number – to be filled out by MRM
EMPLOYEE/WAGES ITEM # 28 – Employee First Name ITEM # 29 – Employee Middle Name ITEM # 30 – Employee Last Name ITEM # 31 – Employee Last Name Suffix ITEM # 32 – Employee ID Number ITEM # 33 – Type of ID supplied, check appropriate box
EMPLOYEE/WAGES CONT’D ITEM # 34 – Employee Mailing Address 1 ITEM # 35 – Employee Mailing Address 2 ITEM # 36 – Employee Address City ITEM # 37 – Employee Address State ITEM # 38 – Employee Address Zip Code
EMPLOYEE/WAGES CONT’D ITEM # 39 – Employee Telephone Number ITEM # 40 – Check Appropriate Employee Gender Box ITEM # 41 – Employee Date of Birth ITEM # 42 – Employee Number of Dependents ITEM # 43 – Employee Marital Status – Check Appropriate Box
EMPLOYEE/WAGES CONT’D ITEM # 44 – Employee Date Hired ITEM # 45 – Employee Occupation at Time of Injury ITEM# 46 – Number of Days Employee Works Per Week ITEM # 47 – Employee Current Wages ITEM # 48 – Mark Appropriate Wage Payment Box
EMPLOYEE/WAGES CONT’D ITEM # 49 – Did Employee Receive Full Pay for Day of Injury – Mark Appropriate Box ITEM # 50 – Did Salary Continue – Mark Appropriate Box
INJURY/TREATMENT ITEM # 51 – Date of Injury ITEM # 52 – Time of Injury – list time and mark appropriate box below. If time is unknown, mark the unk box (AM/PM/UNK) ITEM # 53 – Time Employee Began Work on the Day of the Injury – list the time and mark the approprate box below (AM/PM)
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 54 – List the Date the Disability Began ITEM # 55 – Date of Death ITEM # 56 – List the address of the location where the injury actually occurred ITEM #57 – City of location where the injury actually occurred
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 58 – State where the injury actually occurred ITEM # 59 – Zip Code where the injury actually occurred ITEM # 60 – County where the injury actually occurred ITEM # 61 – Occurred on Employer’s Premises – Mark appropriate box
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 62 – Date Employer Notified ITEM # 63 – Describe what the employee was doing just before the incident and how the injury occurred – Give detailed description
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 64 – Nature of Injury Code
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 65 – Part of Body Code
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 66 – Cause of Injury Code
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 67 – Initial Treatment – Mark Appropriate Box ITEM # 68 – List Name of Treatment Facility ITEM # 69 – Treatment Facility Address ITEM # 70 – Treatment Facility City ITEM # 71 – Treatment Facility State
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 72 – Treatment Facility Zip Code ITEM # 73 – Name of Treating Physician ITEM # 74 – Return to Work – Mark Appropriate Box (Yes or no)
INJURY/TREATMENT CONT’D ITEM # 75 – If Employee has returned to work – list the date of return ITEM # 76 – List time of return to work and mark appropriate AM/PM box
OTHER ITEM # 77 – Date Injury Reported to Employer ITEM # 78 – Preparer’s First Name ITEM # 79 – Preparer’s Last Name ITEM # 80 – Preparer’s Job Title ITEM # 81 – Preparer’s Telephone Number PLEASE NOTE: PREPARER MUST BE DIFFERENT THAN INJURED
DOWNLOADING NEW FORM DOWNLOADS UNDER DOCUMENTS BY DIVISION CLICK ON WORKERS COMPENSATION UNDER FORMS, CLICK ON WC FIRST REPORT OF INJURY (WC FORM 2 REV. 9/2006) REQUIRES MICROSOFT WORD THERE IS ALSO A PDF VERSION BUT IT CANNOT BE FILLED ON YOUR PC, IT MUST BE PRINTED AND FILLED IN
SUBMITTING FROI FORMS Four ways to file the First Report of Injury Fax - (205) Fax - (205) PREFERRED - - Phone Reporting – Phone Reporting – Mail - Millennium Risk Managers, LLC Mail - Millennium Risk Managers, LLC Post Office Box Post Office Box Birmingham, AL 35226
ELECTRONIC FILING Electronic filing is no longer required; however, it is preferred The State of Alabama originally was requiring electronic filing of the First Reports of Injury; however, this will now be done by MWCF and MRM via an upload of information to the State on a regular basis