SAF Help Desk Policy Holders Encouraged to Utilize On-Line Reports Many of our policy holders recently attended the Employer Update seminars held in Charleston, Greenville, and Columbia. For those of you who were unable to attend, there was lots of useful information presented, including detailed information on the different reports available online via the SAF website, www.saf.sc.gov. These reports are available to policyholder representatives who are registered users on our website. Some of the different reports include the following: •
Monthly and Quarterly Reports including CM51a; CM51b; and CM51c. *Employer monthly and quarterly reports are only available on line.
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Ad-Hoc reports, which can be run as needed for various time frames and are updated nightly, include the following categories: Claim Search; Loss Summary; Payment Activity; and Claim Activity Reports. Following is an overview of each report, and what it can provide to employers:
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Claim Search-used to find a claim or list of claims by Search Criteria (Injury type; date range; claimant name; claim number; status
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Loss Summary-used to determine total payouts for Medical, Indemnity, Other, TPY, SIF and Reserve balances for Medical and Indemnity Reserves. Data is based on Dates of Injury. Also provides links to Medical and Indemnity payments.
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Payment Activity-provides Medical and Indemnity total
payments for given time period based on Financial Transaction date. Shows claim activity for time period (closed, open; newly opened, total open). Links to medical and indemnity details. *similar to CM51B
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Claim Activity Reportprovides totals for payouts including Medical, Indemnity, Other, TPY, SIF and Reserve b alances fo r M ed ical and Indemnity Reserves. Search by status (newly received & still open or closed). * similar to CM51a
As discussed in the last issue of this newsletter, if you haven’t tried the Ad-Hoc reports online, we encourage you to log-on and view the reports that are out there. If you are a policyholder representative and have not registered for on-line access to your policy, we encourage you to take advantage of all the tools available through our website. To register for this free service, please contact your SAF Adjuster, Premium Auditor or Loss Control Representative and let them know you would like log-in credentials for the website. You may also contact the IT Department directly at sflowers@saf.sc.gov or (803)-896-5848. As always, if there is an enhancement or modification that you think will allow you to better monitor claims, please feel free to e-mail your suggestions.
Safety
Question: In the case of someone having an epileptic seizure at work, is it recordable? What if the person hits his or her head, breaks a bone, etc., when the seizure occurs? Answer: Epileptic seizures are not work-related unless the seizures occur as a result of a work injury. In most instances, they are not work-related. Also, you would not record any additional injuries that happen solely as a result of the seizure occurring in the work environment.
Reprinted with permission from the South Carolina OSHA website. SAFE Mail, Volume 14, Issue 2 Summer 2010
Question: Since you do not record injuries that occur while the individual is commuting, do you consider an injury to be work-related if it occurs in a parking lot the company owns or maintains? Answer: The injury would be considered work-related if the employee has parked his or her car and started walking into the building. For example, if an employee slams his or her finger in his or her own car door, it would not be considered a work-related injury. If the employee trips after starting to walk across the parking lot, it would be. Injury to an employee who walks to work would not be recordable unless the incident happens on company property. An injury is recordable if the employee was walking somewhere as a work activity regardless of where it happened.
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