Workplace safety and compliance

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Employers must be notified when employees suffer injury or illness because of workplace hazards. You can use the Injury and illness page to enter information to help make reporting work-related injuries and illnesses easier. Additionally, you can set up types of injuries, illnesses, and treatments, costs, and outcomes.

  1. Go to Human resources > Workers > Injury and illness > Injury and illness setup.

  2. Select New.

  3. In the Injury or illness type field, enter a value.

    Example: Fracture

  4. In the Description field, enter a value.

    Example: Bone fracture

  5. Select the Body parts tab.

  6. Select New.

  7. In the Body part field, enter a value.

    Example: Wrist

  8. In the Description field, enter a value.

    Example: Wrist

  9. Select the Treatment types tab.

  10. Select New.

  11. In the Treatment type field, enter a value.

    Example: Splint

  12. In the Description field, enter a value.

    Example: Put on a splint

  13. Select the Cost types tab.

  14. Select New.

  15. In the Cost type field, enter a value.

    Example: X-rays

  16. In the Description field, enter a value.

    Example: X-rays

  17. Select the Outcome types tab.

  18. Select New.

  19. In the Outcome type field, enter a value.

    Example: Therapy

  20. In the Description field, enter a value.

    Example: Physical therapy

  21. Select the Severity levels tab.

    Customizable severity levels can be created. For example: Severity 1 might mean a minor injury, whereas Severity 3 might indicate a severe injury.

  22. Select the Reporting agencies tab.

    Reporting agencies are the agencies where an incident must be reported. Select the default check box for the agency where the injury and illness reports will be sent.

  23. Select Save.