- Workers' Compensation
(919) 684-6693
- Employee Occupational Health
(919) 684-3136
- Occupational & Environmental Safety
(919) 684-2794
- More Contact Information
Employees that have an on-the-job injury may be eligible for benefits -
including medical care and income replacement - under workers' compensation. The
information on this web site is intended to help answer questions you may have
regarding how the workers' compensation process works.
Because your questions are likely to be different depending upon whether you
are the employee that experienced the injury or the employee's manager, the
information below has been tailored to address questions you may have from these
different perspectives.
Manager Safety Toolkit 
The Manager Safety Toolkit (PDF Format) is designed to help managers identify and analyze job hazards in the workplace,
weed out the causes of injuries and illnesses, and determine what to do if an accident happens.
How Workers' Compensation Works
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When Accidents Happen - The focus of this
section is to answer your questions
about where to get medical care, filing an incident report, what to put on your
time card, as well as other questions that may be on your mind and resources available to assist you. |
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When Accidents Happen - Your employee was
injured and you know there is a process that needs to get activated quickly. The
focus of this section is to put detail around this process and answer additional
questions you may have. |
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If Unable to Work
- The focus of this section is to answer questions you may have about your workers' compensation
benefits as well as medical treatment when an injury causes you to miss work. |
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If Unable to Work
- When the injury is so severe that your employee can't work, even with
restrictions, you likely have additional questions. The focus of this section is
to help answer those additional questions. |
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Returning to Work - We want you back. The
focus of this section is to answer your questions about returning to work at
Duke as well as letting you know your rights if a rehabilitation professional
has been assigned to help facilitate your return. |
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Returning to Work - You need your employee
back and their treating physician has released him or her to return back to
work, though it may be with some work restrictions. The focus of this section is
to help answer the questions you may have regarding your staff member's return. |
More Information
The Workers' Compensation office in Duke's Human Resources Department
administers the workers' compensation program for Duke University and Duke
Health System. For more information about Workers' Compensation, please refer to
the Workers Compensation
and Return to Work from a Work-Related Injury/Illness
policies of the HR Policy Manual.
You may also feel free to contact one of the following Duke departments directly for assistance:
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