Get Work Status Report

Reporting all claims on time can provide an opportunity to investigate that particular accident in hopes of learning how you can prevent any future, similar accidents and can help to keep insurance costs down.

The WSR contains a lot of important information that dictates the aspects of an injured worker's claim. The WSR includes the following basic information: patient's name, date of service, reason for visit, diagnoses, disposition, work restrictions, date of next follow-up appointment, and the doctor's signature.

Need help with your claim? Call 800-252-7031, option 1. Workers' compensation is an insurance program managed by the State of Texas. It provides pay and medical benefits to employees who have a work-related injury or illness.

Texas calculates these benefits under a formula: 70% of the difference between your average weekly wages and the wages you are able to earn after your injury, or 75% of the difference if you earned less than $10 an hour.

Injured workers in Texas are eligible for temporary income benefits when they have lost money from a job for more than seven days due to a work-related injury. Those days do not have to be in the same week or consecutive. Temporary benefits amount to 70 or 75% of what the worker's average weekly wage before the injury.

You must report your injury to your employer within 30 days from the date you were hurt or from the date you knew your injury or illness was related to your job. If you do not let your employer know about your injury within 30 days, you may not get benefits.

Benefits are not paid for the first week unless your injury caused you to lose all or some of your pay (disability) for 14 days or more. In workers' compensation, disability does not mean a physical handicap.