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file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/TOC3.php SECTION ONE: WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM Title Description File Type Chapter 1 Overview of Workers' Compensation (revised) HTML The Texas Workers' Compensation Act, Texas Chapter 2 HTML Labor Code, Title 5, Subtitle A (revised) Texas Workers' Compensation Act, "Old Chapter 3 HTML Law" (under revision) Workers' Compensation Claims Administration Chapter 4 HTML for State Agencies (revised) Chapter 5 Return-to-Work Programs (revised) HTML Reporting Requirements for Building or Chapter 6 Construction Projects for Governmental Entities HTML (revised) SECTION TWO: EMPLOYEE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM Title Description File Type Overview of an Employee Safety and Health Chapter 1 Program Subchapter: 1.0 Introduction (revised) HTML Causes of Occupational Accidents, Injuries, Subchapter: 1.1 HTML Illnesses and Diseases (revised) Costs Associated with an Employee Safety and Subchapter: 1.2 HTML Health Program (revised) Benefits of an Employee Safety and Health Subchapter: 1.3 HTML Program (revised) Technical Safety and Health Operations Subchapter: 1.4 HTML (revised) Safety and Health Management Programs Subchapter: 1.5 HTML (revised) file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/TOC3.php (1 of 6)6/21/2005 4:48:08 AM file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/TOC3.php Elements of an Employee Safety and Health Subchapter: 1.6 HTML Program (revised) Available Resources for Texas State Agencies Subchapter: 1.7 HTML (revised) Subchapter: 1.8 Executive Order (revised) HTML Chapter 2 Safety Management and Administration Subchapter: 2.0 Introduction (revised) HTML The Safety and Health Policy Statement Subchapter: 2.1 HTML (revised) Subchapter: 2.2 Agency Safety and Health Manual (revised) HTML Safety and Risk Management Relationship Subchapter: 2.3 HTML (revised) Subchapter: 2.4 Safety Staffing and Classification (revised) HTML Budgeting for the Safety and Health Program Subchapter: 2.5 HTML (revised) Subchapter: 2.6 Puchasing for Safety (revised) HTML Subchapter: 2.7 Employee Performance Appraisals (revised) HTML Subchapter: 2.8 Job Descriptions and Hiring (revised) HTML Subchapter: 2.9 Safety and Health Committee (revised) HTML Subchapter: Accident Prevention Regulations and Standards HTML 2.10 (revised) Subchapter: State Office of Risk Management Safety HTML 2.11 Program Evaluation (revised) Subchapter: Measuring Safety Program Performance HTML 2.12 (revised) Subchapter: Safety Incentives and Awards Program HTML 2.13 (revised) Chapter 3 Safety Incentives and Awards file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/TOC3.php (2 of 6)6/21/2005 4:48:08 AM file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/TOC3.php Subchapter: 3.0 Introduction (revised) HTML Executive Management Responsbilities Subchapter: 3.1 HTML (revised) Subchapter: 3.2 Safety Officer Responsibilities (revised) HTML Additional Duty Safety Officer Responsibilities Subchapter: 3.3 HTML (revised) Subchapter: 3.4 Safety Responsibilties of Supervisors (revised) HTML Subchaper: 3.5 Safety Responsiblities of Employees (revised) HTML Education, Training, and Certification Chapter 4 Programs for Saftey and Health Subchapter: 4.0 Introduction (revised) HTML Education and Training Program for Safety and Subchapter: 4.1 HTML Health (revised) New Employee Safety and Health Orientation Subchapter: 4.2 HTML Training (revised) Subchapter: 4.3 Safety Discussion at Staff Meetings (revised) HTML Subchapter: 4.4 Employee Safety Meetings (revised) HTML Professional Safety Organziations and Subchapter: 4.5 HTML Certification Programs (revised) University-Sponsored Education and Training Subchapter: 4.6 HTML Programs (revised) Subchapter: 4.7 TWCC Resource Center (revised) HTML Hazard and Accident Indentification, Chapter 5 Reporting, and Analysis Subchapter: 5.0 Introduction (revised) Identification of Hazards and Employee Loss Subchapter: 5.1 HTML Exposures (revised) Subchapter: 5.2 Direct and Indirect Accident Costs (revised) HTML Subchapter: 5.3 Job Safety Analysis (revised) HTML file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/TOC3.php (3 of 6)6/21/2005 4:48:08 AM file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/TOC3.php Subchapter: 5.4 Safety Inspection Program (revised) HTML Subchapter: 5.5 Hazard Reporting (revised) HTML TWCC Workers' Health and Safety Telephone Subchapter: 5.6 HTML Hotline (revised) Subchapter: 5.7 Accident Reporting (revised) HTML Accident/Incident Review and Analysis Subchapter: 5.8 HTML (revised) Chapter 6 Occupational Safety Program Subchapter: 6.0 Introduction (revised) HTML Subchapter: 6.1 Aggressive Behavior Managment (revised) HTML Subchapter: 6.2 Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety (revised) HTML Subchapter: 6.3 Constuction Safety (revised) HTML Subchapter: 6.4 Electrical Safety (revised) HTML Subchapter: 6.5 Emergency Evacuation (revised) HTML Subchapter: 6.6 Fire Safety (revised) HTML Subchapter: 6.7 Hand and 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[Return to the top] file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/TOC3.php (6 of 6)6/21/2005 4:48:08 AM file:///W|/Inetpub/wwwroot/RMTSA_Guidelines/Volume_Three/1Section1/311.php Workers' Compensation Program Chapter 1 Revised: December 31, 2004 Volume III: Overview of Workers' Compensation This section of Risk Management for Texas State Agencies supplies general information regarding state agency workers' compensation exposures, and techniques and methods to manage and control those exposures. It also identifies additional resources that may be available to assist state agencies in developing or enhancing its workers' compensation program. This section is not intended in any way to be a substitute for the advice and guidance of legal counsel, who should always be consulted regarding rights, duties, and responsibilities under the law. Workers' compensation legislation in the United States has resulted from social policies that grew out of the Industrial Revolution at the turn of the 20th century. As the nation became more industrialized, a significant rise in the number of industrial accidents and injuries occurred. As this sharp increase in the numbers of fatalities and disabling injuries occurred, it soon became apparent that the legal system, which was based on fault and negligence, was not capable of equitably handling these injuries. Most of the injuries were not the result of employer negligence. Therefore, an injured employee faced lengthy and costly litigation, and most employees were not compensated for their injuries.1 As a result of these conditions in the early 1900's, most states adopted some form of workers' compensation legislation that modified common law defenses of employers. Modern workers' compensation legislation reflects the view of society that the burden of industrial injuries should be shifted from the employee to the industry as a whole, as a cost of doing business. Under this concept employers agree to provide quick compensation for job-related injuries despite the lack of negligence on the employer's part, and employees agree to accept a limited, pre-established package of benefits and to forego their common law right to seek tort damages in civil suits.2 The Texas Legislature first enacted a workers' compensation law in 1913.3 The intent of the Texas Employer's Liability Act of 1913 was to replace the common law system of liability with a new system of law that would provide quick and certain relief to injured workers. The means to this end