Workers' Compensation

Workers' Compensation Information

How to Submit a First Report of Injury e-form (document)

How to Submit a First Report of Injury e-form (video)

SPPS Employee Work Comp Info sheet

Workers' Compensation General Information

Workers' Compensation Payroll Help Sheet

Oh no! You Were Injured at Work! What's Next?

*Please note: If medical attention is needed, seek it immediately. Visit the ER, urgent care, or a medical provider licensed to treat the respective injury. Do NOT wait for a claim number.

1. Determine if this is a reportable injury:
   • If you know or think you may need medical attention to treat the injury, proceed to Step 2. 
   • This process is not intended to report repeated student behavior towards Staff. Please utilize the student incident report for these types of purposes, or address this with your Supervisor directly.
2. Submit the first report of injury(FROI) e-form in PeopleSoft: The request form is found under the Forms tile on the homepage, then Employee Forms:
   • Only Clerks and Supervisors can submit a FROI on behalf of another Employee.
   • Please refer to the help sheet or video at both the top of the page and on the right side of the page for assistance in completing this.
3. After you submit your first report of injury:
   • This report will automatically be sent to the Workers' Compensation team at SPPS.
   • Your Work Comp Specialist will reach out to you upon processing with additional details. 
   • Within 3 business days, your FROI will be processed. If you need medical care, the Work Comp team will provide you with a claim number. You will use this claim number for every medical appointment or encounter you have, related to this injury.
4. Communications will start on your spps.org email, please continue to check this email. 
   • If access to your SPPS email is unavailable, there will be other primary contact method options available.
5. Questions? Email workcomp@spps.org

 

Additional Information

Workers’ Compensation - - General Information​​​​​

When you submit the first report of injury e-form, the e-form will auto-populate personal information. While this e-form is very user-friendly, a PDF guide and video will are found on the right side of the page to answer further questions. Specific questions not answered in the training materials can be sent to workcomp@spps.org

What happens after you submit an E-FROI?

You will get an automatic reply email to confirm that our worker's compensation team has received your form. If you did NOT seek medical care this will be the only email you receive. If you DID seek medical care, our worker's compensation team will reach out shortly with claim information.

We appreciate your use of this new e-form to help cut down on the response times and questions that come after an injury!

Basic Benefits

Workers’ compensation provides four basic types of benefits:

• Wage loss;
• Compensation for the loss of use of a part of the body;
• Medical benefits; and
• Vocational rehabilitation services.

Healthcare Providers

Employees may choose their own licensed healthcare provider under most circumstances. Treatment by certain unlicensed complementary and alternative healthcare providers is not paid. Prescriptions and mileage to medical appointments may also be reimbursed. 

For more information - http://www.dli.mn.gov/business/workers-compensation/work-comp-benefits-general-information