TWCC OFFERS ONLINE REPORTING:

For the first time in Texas, workers who are injured on the job can report the injury to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission via the Internet. The online reporting, available in both Spanish and English, was launched as part of the Commission’s TXCOMP system in mid-September. Injured workers are required to file the Employee’s Notice of Injury or Occupational Disease and Claim for Compensation (TWCC-41) form with the Commission within one year of the injury date. Workers can now report the injury to the Commission from a home computer, or from self-service computer stations located at local Commission offices around the state. The online reporting of worker injuries is the result of a Business Process Improvement Project that has been underway at the Commission since 1999. Stacey Jefferson, director of Business & Information Technology Services, directs the project. Other improvements to the TXCOMP system are expected to be launched in Fall 2004 and will allow designated parties to view a workers’ compensation claim online, Jefferson said. Injured workers still have the option of submitting a paper copy of the TWCC-41 form to the Commission. These forms are available for downloading from the Commission Web site at www.twcc.state.tx.us.

Topics Workers' Compensation