FAQ- Ohio Workers' Compensation Claims
Ohio Revised Code on the web: Search for Chapter 4121 Industrial Commission and 4123: Workers' Compensation. For annotated copies of the Ohio workers' compensation statutes, see Chapter 4123 in Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (Anderson Publishing Co, 1953 -) KFO 30 1953 .P3 or Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated (West Group, 1971 - ) KFO 30 1953 .A4
Regulations governing the Bureau of Workers Compensation appear in the
Ohio Administrative Code: 4121; 4123; 4125, et seq. ; For claims procedures, see Chapter 4121-3.
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation provides forms and information on claims for injured workers on its website, as well as general information about the services of the bureau and the process.
Information about the process to appeal a decision of the Bureau to the Industrial Commission appears at its web site, including information about filing an appeal online.
See section Ohio Revised Code 4123.512 for information about appealing a decision of the industrial commission to the Court of Common Pleas.
The Ohio State Bar Association publishes Workers' Compensation in Chapter 11 of the Bar Association's The Law and You. Also see
Ohio State Bar Association: Legal Basics for Small Business: Chapter 9.
Additional print materials in the Law Library addressing the filing of claims and appeals process include:
Fulton, Philip J., Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law, 2nd ed. (LexisNexis, 1998 - )
Reference and Reserve KFO 342 .F85 1998 Check Index and Chapter 12 - Judicial Remedies
Darling, Stanton G. II., Klein, James M., & Terez, Dennis G., Civil Practice (West Group, 1997 - ) Reference and Reserve KFO 530 .K54
Check Index and Vol. 3 (which includes forms) Form 4.22.7 Workers’ Compensation Appeal: Form
Anderson's Ohio Civil Practice: With Forms (Anderson Publishing Co., 1971 -) Reference and Reserve KFO 530 .A8 Check Index and 144C.01 and following sections.
Milligan, William W., Ohio Forms of Pleading and Practice (Lexis Publishing (Matthew Bender), 1970 - ) Reference and Reserve KFO 535 .M5 Check Index and Form 8:422 and several succeeding forms.
JRN, MR 2/04
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