AGENCY: Workers' Compensation Fund Division

SERIES: 8509
TITLE: Insurance fund claim files
DATES: 1917-1983.
ARRANGEMENT: alphanumerical

DESCRIPTION: These are the case files which document the award of workers compensation insurance to any employee injured while on the job. They track the justification for the award and any further actions that are taken on the individual after the file has been closed due to complications in the post-recovery period. These files include correspondence with physicians, employers, and injured employees; injury reports filed by the employee, the employer, and the doctor; employment and medical histories; invoices from providers; payment histories; litigation records; marriage, death, and birth certificates; insurance adjusters working papers; and x-rays.

RETENTION

Retain for 65 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

APPROVED: 08/1986

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 3 years or until microfilmed and then transfer to State Records Center. Retain in State Records Center for 62 years and then destroy.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Records Center for 65 years and then destroy.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Records Center for 65 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Legal

This retention is based on the court decisions: Nolan W. Marshall versus The Industrial Commission of the State of Utah, Emery Mining Co., the State Insurance Fund of Utah, and the Second Injury Fund of Utah in the Utah Supreme Court, case number 19153, filed April 5, 1984; and, Beverly R. Buxton versus the Industrial Commission of Utah in the Utah Supreme Court, case number 15802, filed Oct. 27, 1978. The medical payment histories will not be filmed with the rest of the records in the files.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Private. This series contains private information about individuals, including death certificates and birth certificates, which are considered private for 50 and 100 years, respectively, in accordance with Utah Code 26-2-22.