Workplace Injury
Board Policy 8442 - REPORTING ACCIDENTS
The Board of Education directs that all reasonable efforts be made to ensure a safe learning and working environment for the students and employees of this District. To that end and so that legitimate employee claims for worker's compensation be expedited, the Board requires that accidents be reported and evaluated. Any accident that results in an injury, however slight, to a student, an employee of the Board, or a visitor to the schools must be reported promptly and in writing to the District Business Office. Injured persons shall be referred immediately to the health care provider or the appropriate personnel for such medical attention as may be needed.
The injured employee, visitor, or the staff member responsible for an injured student shall report to the HCP. Students and visitors shall complete a form that includes the date, time, and place of the incident; the names of persons involved; the nature of the injury to the extent that it is known; and a description of all relevant circumstances. Employees shall follow the return to work procedures.
Any employee of the Board who suffers a job-related injury must report the injury and its circumstances to the HCP and principal or job supervisor, as appropriate, as soon as possible following the occurrence of the injury. The failure of an employee to comply with this mandate may result in disciplinary action in accordance with applicable policy or contractual standards.
Employees who are injured at work will follow the district's Return to Work Program.