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What to Do if a Work-Related Injury, Illness, or Exposure Occurs  
 
Summary: If you are injured, experience a hazardous material exposure, or develop a job-related illness as a result of your UCSD employment, follow the procedures below.
What to do How to do it
1 Notify your supervisor when an injury or illness occurs.
  1. Notify your supervisor immediately if you experience a work-related injury or illness.
  2. Employee and supervisor: Follow the steps below to report the injury or illness to the Workers' Compensation Office.
2 Report the injury or illness to the UCSD Workers' Compensation Office.
  1. Print an Employee Injury Incident Report form (PDF) (Word).
  2. Complete the information according to instructions on the form.

    Note: Both the employee and the supervisor have a section of the form to complete. If the employee is unable to complete his or her section, the supervisor must complete it for the employee.

  3. Immediately fax the completed sections of the form to the Workers' Compensation Office: (858) 534-5202.
  4. Call the EH&S Workers' Compensation Office, (858) 534-4785 or 822-2979, if you have questions about the form.
Important: Supervisors must immediately report all work-related deaths, catastrophes, and serious injuries or illnesses to the UCSD Workers’ Compensation Office.
  • During office hours, call (858) 534-2454.
  • After office hours, contact the UCSD Police at (858)534-4357.
The UCSD Workers’ Compensation Office is required to report the injury or illness to Cal/OSHA within 8 hours from the time of the incident. Reporting delays can result in Cal/OSHA fines.

A serious injury or illness is one that requires inpatient hospitalization, or in which an employee suffers a loss of any member of the body or suffers any serious degree of permanent disfigurement.


3 If necessary, seek medical treatment.
  1. Seek medical treatment:


Need assistance?
  • Campus-funded employees, call (858) 822-2979 or 534-4785
  • UCSD Medical Center-funded employees, call (619) 543-7877


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