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.
Frequently Asked Maryland Workers' Compensation Questions
- Is my injury covered under Maryland Worker's Compensation law?
- How long do I have to file a claim?
- How do I know if my claim was filed properly?
- Who are the people involved in a Workers' Compensation claim?
- Should I speak to the insurance company about my injury?
- What benefits are available to me under Maryland law?
- What do the forms I receive in the mail mean?
- How do my prior injuries affect my claim?
- Heart disease presumptions for public safety employees?
- Lung disease and cancer presumption for fire fighters.
- Lymes disease presumption for natural resource employees.
- How do hearing loss claims work?
- Retirement issues for State, County and Municipal employees.
- How will my claim proceed?
- Can I re-open my case if my condition gets worse?
- How does my attorney get paid?
- Can I be re-imbursed for my travel expenses?
- What are the payment rates for temporary total and permanent disability?
- What should I do when I am asked to see the insurance company's doctor?
- What if I am injured because of the negligence of someone other than my employer?