On-the-job Injuries & Illnesses & Immunizations - IUB campus

• Except as noted below, any employee (including student and other hourly employees) who becomes ill or is injured in the course of their job must
  1. Have a supervisor complete the online form
     
     If the injury/illness involves a non-employee student volunteer in laboratory setting
     • Have a supervisor or faculty member or other IU employee complete the form, if possible.
     • If a supervisor, faculty member or other IU employee is not available then the volunteer may use the form to report the injury but must include their supervisor's email address on the form.
  2. Report to Prompcare at 326 Woodcrest Drive (the corner of East 3^rd Street and Woodcrest Drive). This is a building just east of High Street and the Catholic Church. Look for the IU/Rebound entrance. The clinic's hours are 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM seven days a week; after hours go to the Bloomington Hospital Emergency Room.
  3. The Occupational Injury/Illness Report (that has been in use and required for many years) must still be completed for employees and should be faxed to Risk Management (855-9320).
• Effective January 12, 2003 these procedures also include non-employee student volunteers in laboratory settings for at least the initial visit after an injury in a laboratory setting. I.e., if both employees and student volunteers are injured in an incident in a laboratory setting it is no longer necessary to send some people to BHCOH-Promptcare and some people to the Health Center. All should go to Promptcare and the webform linked below should be completed for each person.
  ORM claims personnel will handle the non-employee cases and will contact those injured about continued treatment.
• EXCEPTION: (BL2 (or greater) Lab Workers OR Animal Bites) If the injury is an animal bite OR occurs in a BL2 or higher laboratory setting
  1. The supervisor should use the same forms as above BUT select the Health Center as the treating facility.
  2. Report to the Health Center for treatment; after hours go to the Bloomington Hospital Emergency Room.
• Immunizations, TB screening: Use this form and go to the Health Center.
• Other tests such as drug screens...: Use this form and go to Promptcare.

The clinic's hours are 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM seven days a week.

Questions? Contact Tammy Blazier, Lynn Sinn, Hans Van Leeuwen, or Larry Stephens at 855-4847.

There is no change in after hours procedures (now 8:00 pm - 8:00 am) or critical cases (where an ambulance is called). Go to the Bloomington Hospital Emergency Room.

Important Notes - Workers Compensation

Supervisors

Two required pieces of information when you submit the authorization form are your telephone number and your fax number. In some case one or both may actually be a departmental number rather than a direct line to you. The telephone number is required so the occupational health physician can contact you, if necessary, to discuss the employee's duties so they can better determine what work restrictions should be in place. The fax number is needed so they can immediately (as the employee finishes their visit) fax to you their job restrictions (if any). If a job description is not on file with BHCOH then a copy of the employee's job description should immediately be faxed to BHCOH.

Employees

We receive many telephone calls from employees who are not clear about what they need to do after an injury.

First, of course, is immediately report the injury to your supervisor. The supervisor will then give you instructions about seeking treatment.

When you have finished your visit at BHCOH you will be given (among other things) a slip of paper with your work restrictions. A copy of that slip is also faxed to your supervisor and a copy to us in Risk Management. Unless the physician has put you off work you immediately return to your department and report to your supervisor. If you have been given work restrictions your supervisor will begin the process of finding you restricted dutry.

At BHCOH you'll also be given a slip of paper that explains some of the obligations you have if you've been placed off work or on restricted duty. You can see that form by looking here. Please contact Tammy Blazier or Hans Van Leeuwen if you have any questions.

Long Term Monitoring

A number of employees are on long term monitoring for health related reasons. If you are one of these employees:

You will receive a letter from Risk Management sometime in the next few weeks. This letter will have some information about the change in occupational health providers and a medical records release form. Within two to three weeks after you return the records release form to us you will receive a letter from the Bloomington Hospital Center for Occupational Health (BHCOH) scheduling your next monitoring visit. If you have a scheduled visit before you receive that letter, go to the Health Center as you have done in the past.

Other occupational health services

Other related occupational health services will also be provided at BCHOH. Examples include services required for respirator fittings and drug screenings. The offices responsible for arranging those services will notify the employees where to go. The required form to set up those visits can be found at https://rmweb.indiana.edu/ORM/secure/OccHealthAuthEntry.cfm. A PDF file is also available as a link off that form.

If your office requires occupational health services not described on the form, contact Larry Stephens.