How Do I Know If My Claim Was Filed Properly?

It is the responsibility of the Injured Worker to file their claim properly. The only way to do so is to file your claim with the Workers' Compensation Commission in Maryland on a special form provided by the Workers' Compensation Commission. The form provided by your employer when you first are injured is an Employer's First Report of Injury, it is NOT the claim form which you must file!

If you have filed your claim appropriately, you will receive a blue colored document in the mail from the Workers' Compensation Commission with the title "Notice of Employee's Claim". The top right hand corner of the document will contain a claim number beginning with a letter (B for the last several years) and then six numbers. If you have not received this form in the mail then you have not filed a claim, no matter what you are told by your employer or their insurer.

If you are not sure, or cannot recall, whether a claim was filed you may call the Commission at (800) 492-0479. Or, you may call us and we can check immediately for you via the internet.