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STARTING AN L&I CLAIM
If you wonder how to start an L&I workers' compensation claim, this will get you started.
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 report of injury 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 ROI and L&I will figure it out for you.
- When you file that report of injury, L&I is obligated to pay the doctor for your first visit.
- File your L&I ROI claim within the statute of limitations. One year for injuries. Two years or possibly more for occupational diseases.