Workers' Compensation
The Office of Occupational Health Services is your resource for workplace injury and workers' compensation information.
How to report an incident or exposure
Emory employees
If you have an emergent work-related injury or illness, you should immediately call the Advanced Practice Practitioner on call for Occupational Health Services (OHS) at 404-686-5500, ID #50464.
You should also report your incident using the HOME portal which can be accessed via Self-Service/PeopleSoft. After logging in, click on Workplace Health. View step-by-step instructions.
Resources
Protocols
- Protocols for Employee Incident: Work-Related Injury/Illness
- Protocols for incidents at Emory Hospitals - Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures
- Protocols for incidents at Clinic and Satellite Locations – Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures
- Protocols for incidents at EJCH, EHH, EDH & ELTAC Locations – Bloodborne Pathogen Exposures
Non-Emory employees
If you are a non-Emory employee (community provider, unpaid student, contract worker), you should immediately call the on call Advanced Practice Practitioner for Occupational Health Services immediately at 404-686-5500, ID #50464.
You will not be able to submit an incident report using Self-Service.
Services
Workers' Compensation services available through Occupational Health Services include:
- Clinical care including assessments, diagnosis and management of biological and chemical exposures.
- Clinical case management of occupational illnesses and injuries.
- Injury prevention programs that include safety prevention for blood and body fluid exposures.
- Health hazard assessments and surveillance of employee population, workplace and community groups.
- Recordkeeping in accordance with the standards of Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing, the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OHSA) and applicable state and federal laws.
- Analysis and trending of illness and injury episodes.
- Collaboration with Emory University and Emory Healthcare safety departments to promote and protect employee health and safety.