A Work Injury Just Happened: The Employer's First 24 Hours

How you handle the first 24 hours after a workplace injury affects your employee's recovery, your BWC claim, and your premiums.

Step 1: Care first

Life-threatening injury: 911. Everything else: send the employee to an occupational health clinic the same day. Delayed care worsens outcomes and complicates claims.

Step 2: Document immediately

Record what happened, when, where, witnesses, and conditions — while memories are fresh. Photos help.

Step 3: File the Ohio BWC First Report of Injury

Either party can file, but prompt employer filing keeps the claim clean. Your clinic's documentation feeds directly into this.

Step 4: Plan the return

Modified duty gets people back faster and lowers claim costs. We provide clear work-status determinations and return-to-work clearances so you're never guessing.

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