Policy Text
Kern County Sheriff’s Office
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: REPORTING A WORK-RELATED INJURY OR ILLNESS NO: N-200
APPROVED: Donny Youngblood, Sheriff-Coroner
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
September 15, 1993 05/11/2018 09/15/1993 05/11/2018
POLICY
Employees injured or ill due to a work-related incident shall immediately notify the supervisor of
the work site where the injury or illness occurred. Even apparent slight injuries will be reported.
The filing of a false claim is a violation of law. Any person who makes or causes to be made
any knowingly false or fraudulent statement or material representation for the purpose of
obtaining or denying Workers’ Compensation benefits or payments is guilty of a felony. The
office will aggressively investigate any suspected false or fraudulent claim.
The Labor Code provides that the employer may direct medical treatment for the first 30 days
following an injury.