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Report a work injury and file a workers' compensation claim
Oregon Workers' Compensation Division · Shared Oregon or applicable federal route
Notify the employer, complete the worker and provider forms, and track the insurer's written decision.
Where and how to proceed: prepare, file and follow up
Start here: Tell your employer about the work-related injury or illness right away.
1. Is this for me?
Workers with a potentially work-related Oregon injury or occupational illness. Claim coverage and acceptance are determined under workers' compensation rules.
Service area: Oregon or applicable federal route; confirm venue and agency jurisdiction.
2. What should I prepare?
Some documents may be conditional. Ask about alternatives. Checkmarks are temporary and are not saved or sent.
3. Where and how do I submit?
Read the linked publisher instructions to confirm the receiving office, accepted submission method and current forms. This page has not separately verified those details. A county filter does not decide the correct court or filing location.
- Tell your employer about the work-related injury or illness right away.
- Complete Form 801, Report of Job Injury or Illness, and give it to the employer; retain a copy.
- Tell the treating provider that the condition is work-related and complete Form 827 with the provider.
- Identify the employer's insurer through the employer or official coverage lookup and keep the claim correspondence.
- Read the written acceptance or denial and any appeal instructions immediately.
- If the employer will not report, is closed or cannot be reached, contact WCD's Benefit Consultation Unit for filing help.
Timing: Notify the employer right away. WCD describes an insurer decision period of 60 days from the employer's knowledge of the claim. A denial has separate appeal instructions and time limits; use the actual letter.
4. What will it cost?
Details to confirm with the provider
Fees and fee-waiver eligibility have not been separately verified for this route. Check the current provider instructions. For a court filing, ask the court about its fee-waiver or deferral forms.
5. What happens after I submit?
Details to confirm with the provider
Keep a copy of what you send and its confirmation or receipt. Ask the receiving office how to track it, when to expect a response and how it will request missing information. These follow-up details have not been separately verified for this route.
6. What if something goes wrong?
Details to confirm with the provider
Read any returned filing, correction request or denial notice promptly. Ask the responsible office for the correction, review or appeal instructions and the deadline that applies to your notice. This guide does not verify a route-specific appeal process.
Language, disability and offline help
Ask the receiving office about language assistance, disability accommodations and an alternative to online submission. Available options have not been separately verified for this route.
Choose your step and follow-up instructions
Work through the existing instructions for this route. Reviewing a step does not complete a legal requirement.
A claim is not automatically accepted. Provider/employer forwarding requirements and worker appeal deadlines are different. A workplace-safety complaint does not substitute for filing this claim.
Sources and review date
Guidance reviewed 2026-10-11. Read the current publisher instructions before acting.
Oregon Workers' Compensation Division : Reporting an injury and filing a claim : Worker : State of Oregon · publisher html snapshot
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