Volunteers Needed to Try Out Claims Pilot

The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries needs about 500 employers to participate in a pilot project for workplace injury and occupational disease claims. Washington set up its claims system so that physicians who treat injured workers generate accident reports that are reported to the state. In most states, employers are responsible for filing the report of injury. "Employers who know about a claim early are in the best position to keep a worker on salary or offer light-duty work while they recover," Robert Malooly, assistant director of L&I's Insurance Services Division, s...