Worker's Compensation is insurance that protects Region Ten employee's who are injuried while performing the duties of their job. The guidelines to follow are listed below.

If you have questions regarding worker's comp, please do not hesitate to contact our workers compensation representative, Karen Morrison. She can be reached at 970-1392, or you can email her at karenm@regionten.org.

For workers compensation guidelines, please click on the relevant link:

Injury/non exposure incident
Exposure incident

Guidelines for Injury/non exposure incident

1. Notify supervisor immediately.

2. Complete the workers comp packet and return to the Human Resource Office within 24 hours of the injury. This is a packet of forms with a blue cover sheet attached. Your supervisor should be able to provide it form you. The packet includes Employer's First Report of Accident; Region Ten Second Report of Injury or Illness; Region Ten Incident Report; and the Worker's Comp Approved List of Doctors.

3. You need to seek medical attention within 24 hours of injury to qualify for Worker’s Compensation.

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Guidlines for Exposure Incident-

If this is an incident involving blood borne pathogens, there is a different packet for you to complete. It has a pink cover sheet with these steps to follow:

1. Staff and/or supervisor obtain appropriate forms from the Human Resources office.

2. Supervisor should call Occupational Health Services (OHS) at 951-4655 to inform them that the employee and the source client will be coming in. Occupational Health Services is located at 337 15th St., SW (second floor of Virginia Ambulatory Surgery Center), Charlottesville, VA 22908. The employee must report within 24 hours of the exposure incident. Hours at OHS are Monday-Thursday 8:00-4:30, except closed from 12-1 on Thursday; Friday hours are 8:30-4:30. When OHS is not open, the employee should be sent to UVA Emergency Room for testing and then employee contact made with OHS as soon as possible on the next open day.

3. The staff and the driver of the source client should be given a copy of the map and directions to the testing site. All source clients should be tested at UVA emergency room. Any exceptions should be addressed to the Director of Human Resources and Training. Client test results will be mailed to the client. If follow up is desired, the client should consult their Primary Care Physician.

4. The employee should follow the protocol explained at Occupational Health Services.

5. The employee and/or supervisor must complete the following forms and turn them into Human Resources within 24 hours of the incident:

Virginia Workers Compensation Commission Employer’s First Report of Accident
Region Ten Second Report of Injury or Accident
Region Ten Incident Report

6. Employee follow up will be provided at Occupational Health Services.

7. All necessary positive tests will be reported to the Health Department as required by law.