Guide to BWC's Main Website

BWC has a comprehensive website with much material for workers, employers, healthcare providers, and others.  It can be a bit overwhelming to navigate because it has so much material for so many different users with different needs.  This guide tells you how to find the parts most important to you, an injured worker.

We suggest that you print this web page and then go to the BWC website .  Using the printout as a guide, browse around the BWC site to see the different things available to you there. 

General Site Features

• The home page has quick links to a number of useful things, and will let you log in to see your claim details on-line once you have set up a user account.  You should set up your account right away!
• Each web page has a banner across the top with the same high-level menu items that take you to the major sections of the site.  The two sections of most interest to you will probably be "Injured Workers" and "BWC Library".
• Navigation of the site can be a bit tricky, as links often take you to a different section of the site without necessarily making it clear which section you land in.  Learn to look at the picture at the top of the page - that will tell you whether you are in the Injured Worker part (a blue-gray image) or the BWC Library part (a brown image), for example.  Some pages have a label right under the top graphic that says, for example, "OhioBWC - Employer:", but not all pages show that.
• On the left of each screen (except the top-level home page) is a list of links to key parts of the section you are in.  Note that each has a Section Map link at the bottom, which will show you a page with all menu items in that section.  This can be very helpful.
• Note the links at the very bottom of each page.  These include a Contact Us link that quickly tells you how to get in touch with BWC for any purpose you may have, and a Site Map for the entire website.

Injured Worker Section

• The Injured Worker section home page lists many links divided into functional areas.  A few links take you to general information, but most let you see details about your own claim, such as payment history, payments scheduled, documents filed, and claim status.  There are also some actions you can take on your claim.
• In order to see the details on your claim, you must have set up a user account and must have logged in using that account.  See Set Up Your User Account for the BWC Website for detailed instructions on setting up your account.
• The Section Map link on the left will show you all menu items - that's very helpful.  For many, you should hover your mouse pointer over the menu item to see the multiple options available underneath.

BWC Library Section

• The BWC Library section has materials of interest to everyone in the workers' compensation system, so much of it will not be relevant for you.  The home page is divided into areas and shows menus within each.  Many of these have subsections with material for injured workers, so you may need to poke around to find the sections of most interest.
• Also note that if you hover your mouse over the links in the left margin, submenus will appear, and several of these include Injured Worker subsections.  For example, the Qs & As link has an Injured Worker subsection.
• Key things you can find here are:
• Qs and As for injured workers covering a variety of practical and helpful topics
• Glossaries of terms relevant to injured workers
• Forms relevant to injured workers
• Under E-Publications you will find BWC Publications, and in there a link to Injured Worker Publications.  These cover many topics of interest and relevance to you.
• Under About BWC you will find links to BWC policies and procedures, which describe how BWC processes claims, and to also to Rules and Statutes.  These are VERY technically detailed and complex, but available if you need them.

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