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Workers Compensation time limit for filing Claim and reporting in United States

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Workers Compensation time limit for filing a Claim in United States:

It is a time frame to submit the claim in order to reimburse the payments from workers compensation insurance from the date of injury occurred.  If the claim filed after the time frame, then claim will be denied as past the time filing limit.

Time Limit for reporting the Date of Injury:

It is the time for an employee to report work related injury/illness to his employer or supervisor within the set time frame. If Date of injury not reported within the set deadline, then claims will be denied as failure to report the work related injury on time.

Date of Injury (DOI): It is the date Injury occurred at work place or illness due to work.

Each state has own timely filing limit to submit the workers compensation claim, also to report an injury and the workers comp time limit list are as follows:

Time Limit for filing workers compensation claim - StatewiseDeadline to file a wokers compensation
Claim from Date of Injury (DOI)		Time limit to Report an Injury
(ASAP-As soon as possible)
Alabama2 years from DOI5 Days
Alaska2 years from DOI30 Days
Arizona1 year from DOIASAP
Arkansas2 years from DOIASAP
California1 year from DOI30 Days
Colorado2 years from DOI4 Days
Connecticut1 year from DOI

3 year for Occupational Illness		ASAP
Delaware2 years from DOI

1 year for Occupational Illness		10 Days
District of Columbia1 year from DOI30 Days
Florida2 years from DOI30 Days
Georgia1 year from DOI30 Days
Hawaii5 years from Date of Accident

2 years from Date of Injury		ASAP
Idaho1 year from DOI60 Days
Illinois3 years from DOI45 Days
Indiana2 years from DOI30 Days
Iowa2 years from DOI90 Days
Kansas200 Days from DOI200 Days
Kentucky2 years from DOIASAP
Louisiana1 year from DOI30 Days
Maine2 years from DOI30 Days
Maryland2 years from DOI10 Days
Massachusetts4 years from DOIASAP
Michigan2 years from DOI90 Days
Minnesota3 years from DOIASAP
Mississippi2 years from DOI30 Days
Montana1 year from DOI30 Days
Nebraska2 years from DOIASAP
Nevada90 Days from DOI7 Days
New Hampshire3 years from DOI2 Years
New Jersey2 years from DOI14 Days
New Mexico1 year from DOI15 Days
New York2 years from DOI30 Days
North Carolina2 years from DOI30 Days
North Dakota1 year from DOI7 Days
Ohio1 year from DOIASAP
Oklahoma1 year from DOI30 Days
Oregon2 years from DOIASAP
Pennsylvania3 years from DOI21 Days
Rhode Island2 years from DOI30 Days
South Carolina2 years from DOI90 Days
South Dakota2 years from DOI3 B'Days
Tennessee1 year from DOI15 Days
Texas1 year from DOI30 Days
Utah1 year from DOI180 Days
Vermont6 months from DOIASAP
Virginia2 years from DOI30 Days
Washington1 year from DOI

2 year from occupational illness		ASAP
West Virginia6 months from DOIASAP
Wisconsin2 years from DOI30 Days
Wyoming1 year from DOI10 Days

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