An L&I claim is easy to start

Here’s what you do:

• See a doctor. Both you and the doctor fill out a Report of Industrial Injury or Occupational Disease (ROI). The doctor should have blank copies of that form readily available. If not, call us and we will mail a state fund ROI to you.
• File that application for benefits, with L&I for state fund cases or the employer for self insured cases. The doctor should do that for you.
• If you don’t know if your case is state fund or self insured you can ask your employer, or just complete and file a state fund application for benefits and L&I will figure it out for you.
• If you file that application for benefits, then L&I should pay for the first visit.
• File your L&I claim within the statute of limitations. One year for injuries. Two years or possibly more for occupational diseases.