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         FSH 6109.12 - EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS HANDBOOK
                    WO AMENDMENT 6109.12-92-3
                        EFFECTIVE 9/4/92

            CHAPTER 30 - INJURY/ILLNESS COMPENSATION

                            Contents

30.4     Responsibility
30.41    Personnel Officers
30.42    Supervisors
30.43    Employees
30.44    Reporting Official (Compensation Specialist)
30.5     Definitions

31       COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND 
         DISEASES/ILLNESS
31.1     Coverage and Eligibility
31.11    Who Is Covered
31.12    Who Is Not Covered
31.13    When Coverage Is Available
31.14    Where Coverage Is Available
31.15    Where Coverage Is Not Available
31.16    What Is Not Covered
31.2     Medical Benefits
31.3     Authorizing Medical Treatment and Travel
31.31    Issuing Form CA-16, Request for Examination and/or 
         Treatment
31.32    Claims for Medical Expenses and Submission of Medical 
         Bills
31.33    Claiming Transportation Away From the Immediate Area

32       NOTICE OF INJURY AND CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION, 
         ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
32.1     Statutory Time Requirements
32.2     How To File a Notice of Occupational Injury or 
         Disease/Illness
32.21    Employee Responsibility
32.22    Supervisor's Responsibility
32.23    Reporting Unit
32.24    Interagency
32.3     Report Management and Processing
32.31    Contacting Office of Workers' Compensation Programs and 
         Report Submission
32.32    Use of Forms in Reporting
32.4     Recordkeeping
33       CONTINUATION OF PAY
33.1     Traumatic Injury
33.11    Eligibility Requirements
33.12    When Continuation of Pay Applies
33.13    Effect of Interruptions and Partial Days of Work
33.14    Controversion of Continuation of Pay
33.15    Situations in Which Forest Service Believes Continuation 
         of Pay Should Be Discontinued
33.16    Medical Requirements for Continuation of Pay (COP)
33.17    Determining Amount of Pay Employee Is Entitled To 
         Receive Under Continuation of Pay (COP)
33.17a   Work Week for Continuation of Pay Purposes
33.17b   Category 1 Employees
33.17c   Category 2 Employees
33.17d   Category 3 Employees
33.17e   TAPER (Temporary Appointment Pending Establishment of a 
         Register), Excepted Indefinite, and Excepted 
         Conditional
33.17f   Earnings
33.17g   To Compute Continuation of Pay (COP)
33.18    Processing Pay and Personnel Actions
33.19    To Process Pay
33.2     Disability Compensation for Loss of Wages
33.21    Categories of Disability
33.22    Disability Benefits
33.23    When Compensation Is Payable
33.24    Recurrence of Disability
33.25    Employee's Right To Use Sick or Annual Leave and Buy 
         Back the Leave or Use Leave Without Pay
33.26    Benefits and Limitations of Right To Receive 
         Compensation
33.3     Other Benefits Relating to Disability
33.31    Vocational Rehabilitation
33.32    Identifying a Job To Meet Physical Limitations
33.4     Action To Take and Status of Injured Employee During and 
         After Disability
33.41    During Employee's Disability
33.42    Required Personnel Actions Relating to Leave Without Pay 
         Status

34       EFFECTS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT BENEFITS 
         ON OTHER EMPLOYEE ENTITLEMENTS
34.1     Salary Payments, Leave, and Civil Service Retirement
34.2     Service Credit and Retirement
34.21    Election of Retirement Annuity or Employee's 
         Compensation
34.22    Dual Benefits
34.23    Insurances

35       DEATH BENEFITS AND REPORTING
35.1     Death Benefits
35.2     Report of Death
35.3     Assisting Dependents
35.4     Transportation, Burial, and Termination of Employee's 
         Status

36       THIRD-PARTY CASES

37       REPORTING JOB CORPS ENROLLEES' INJURIES AND OCCUPATIONAL 
         DISEASE/ILLNESSES

38       PAYMENTS BY FOREST SERVICE

39       APPENDIXES