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Guides to the employer's first report of injury: who receives it, which form each state uses and how the deadline clock starts from the knowledge date.
In Ohio the first report goes to the Bureau of Workers' Compensation state fund rather than a private carrier. This guide explains the FROI-1 path and how self-insured employers differ, with the BWC's own rule cited.
Rovaryn Digital · · 8 min read
Illinois ties its employer's first report (formerly Form 45, now filed electronically) to injuries causing more than three scheduled workdays lost. This guide reads the threshold and timing from 820 ILCS 305/6(b) and the Commission's own guidance.
Rovaryn Digital · · 6 min read
Pennsylvania's LIBC-344 runs on a lost-time trigger and a day count set by state rule. This guide quotes the rule, names the recipient, and notes where the day basis needs confirming.
Rovaryn Digital · · 9 min read
Each state sets its own first-report trigger, recipient and day count. Many rules give a number of days without saying calendar or working days. This pillar explains the moving parts and points to each jurisdiction's own rule.
Rovaryn Digital · · 13 min read
This hub lists the launch jurisdictions, each with its rule citation, recipient and stated day basis, and links each one to its full guide. Where a rule gives a day count without a basis, we say so rather than guess.
Rovaryn Digital · · 11 min read
A California injury can start four clocks: the DWC-1, Form 5020, the Cal/OSHA serious-injury report and the log. Each has its own trigger, unit and recipient. Form 5020's five days are not stated as calendar or working days, and this guide says so.
Rovaryn Digital · · 10 min read
Labor Code §5401 requires the employer to provide the DWC-1 claim form to the employee within one working day of knowledge of an injury that causes lost time beyond the shift or treatment beyond first aid. Written for employers, this guide covers how that clock is counted and documented.
Rovaryn Digital · · 8 min read