Workers' Compensation
Workers' compensation provides benefits to employees who have sustained a work-related injury or illness. It is a mandatory coverage provided to all eligible employees in California. It is designed to provide employees with immediate medical attention and other benefits when they sustain a work-related injury or illness.
How to Report an Injury
UCDH employees must now report any workplace-related injury or illness online with RSS Injury and Illness Reporting. Accessible 24/7 from a computer or mobile device, RSS Injury & Illness Reporting is an online solution that offers a simplified way to submit and monitor employee injury claims. Employees may report their injury/illness directly, or the Supervisor/Manager can submit on behalf of an employee who has been injured.
Report an Injury or Illness via RSS Incident Management
- For all medical emergencies, please call 9-1-1
- Access RSS Incident Management
- Log-in with your campus sign-on credentials
- To access the online reporting form, select REPORT EMPLOYEE INJURY OR ILLNESS from the Quick Link menu.
- Please indicate whether the employee intend(s) to seek medical treatment for your work-related injury/illness
- RSS Incident Management Training Resources
OR
- Report your injury directly to Sedgwick by calling the 24/7 Workers’ Compensation Hotline at 1-877-682-7778.
Employees are responsible for reporting incident details to their immediate supervisor as soon as possible if they have sustained an injury or illness in the course and scope of their employment. Supervisors are responsible for initial distribution of the Workers’ Compensation DWC-1 Claim Form within 24 hours of notice for any work-related injury or illness. Completed forms should be returned to the workers’ compensation unit within 24 hours via email at workerscompergo@health.ucdavis.edu.
*Supervisors and Managers: To establish a user group within your department to monitor for injuries that have been submitted, please reach out to the main Workers’ Compensation inbox at workerscompergo@health.ucdavis.edu.
Seek appropriate medical care
- If non-emergency medical treatment is needed, schedule an appointment with Occupational and Employee Health Clinic (OEHC) at 916-734-3572.
- Information regarding care needed outside of normal OEHC operating hours can be found on the Occupational and Employee Health Clinic (staff only) website.
- For emergency medical treatment only, please go to UC Davis Medical Center Emergency Department or call 911.
- UCDMC Emergency Department: 2315 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817
Environmental Health and Safety is responsible for reporting work-connected fatalities or serious injuries or illnesses to Cal/OSHA within 8 hours of employer knowledge. Serious injuries or illnesses are those which require hospitalization, loss of limb or any degree of permanent disfigurement and must be reported immediately to the Health and Safety Officer at: 916-734-2740, after hours call the EH&S 24-hour pager at 916-816-1994. If there is no answer to the 24-hour pager, please contact the hospital operator at 916-734-2011.
