ILLINOIS WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
APPLICATION FOR ADJUSTMENT OF CLAIM (APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS)
ATTENTION. Please type or print. Answer all questions. File three copies of this form.
Workers' Compensation Act ___ Occupational Diseases Act ___ Fatal case? No ___ Yes ___ Date of death __________
_________________________________ Case #
Employee/Petitioner (Office use only)
v.
_________________________________ Location of accident ________________________
Employer/Respondent or last exposure City, State
______________________________________________________________________________________
Injured employee's name
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Street address City, State, Zip code
______________________________________________________________________________________
Employer's name Street address City, State, Zip code
Employee information: State Employee? Yes ____ No ____ Male ____ Female ____ Married ____ Single ____
# Dependents under age 18 ______ Birthdate _____________ Average weekly wage $ _________________
Date of accident
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_______________________ The employer was notified of the accident orally ____ in writing ____
How did the accident occur? ____________________________________________________________________________
What part of the body was affected? ______________________________________________________________________
What is the nature of the injury? ___________________________________ Return-to-work date
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________________
Is a Petition for an Immediate Hearing attached? Yes ____ No ____
Is the injured employee currently receiving temporary total disability benefits? Yes ____ No ____
If a prior application was ever filed for this employee, list the case number and its status ______________________________
ATTENTION, PETITIONER. This is a legal document. Be sure all blanks are completed correctly and you understand the statements before
you sign this. Refer to the Commission's Handbook on Workers' Compensation and Occupational Diseases
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for more information.
_________________________________________ __________________________
Signature of petitioner Date
APPEARANCE OF PETITIONER'S ATTORNEY
Please attach a copy of the Attorney Representation Agreement.
_________________________________________ ____________________________________________
Signature of attorney Street address
_________________________________________ ____________________________________________
Attorney’s name and IC code #
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(please print) City, State, Zip code
_________________________________________ ___________________ _______________________
Firm name Telephone number E-mail address
IC1 5/12 100 W. Randolph Street #8-200 Chicago, IL 60601 312/814-6611 Toll-free 866/352-3033 Web site: www.iwcc.il.gov
Downstate offices: Collinsville 618/346-3450 Peoria 309/671-3019 Rockford 815/987-7292 Springfield 217/785-7084
PROOF OF SERVICE
If the person who signed the Proof of Service is not an attorney, this form must be notarized.
If you prefer, you may submit the front of this application form with the Proof of Service on a separate page.
I, _______________________________ , affirm that I delivered _____ mailed with proper postage _____
in the city of _________________________________ a copy of this form
at ___________ on ___________________ to the respondent listed on this application and to each
additional party, if any, at the address listed below.
____________________________________________
Signature of person completing Proof of Service
Signed and sworn to before me on ________________
___________________________________________
Notary Public
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In most cases, the injured employee files this application and is referred to as the petitioner. If the injury was fatal, or if the worker is a
minor or incapacitated, another person (as allowed by law) may file. In those cases, the person filing the application is the petitioner, and
the worker is referred to as the injured employee. Please complete information related to age, etc., for the injured employee.
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This may be the date of the accident, last exposure, disability, or death.
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If the employee has not returned to work, leave this space blank.
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The Commission publishes a handbook that explains the workers' compensation system. If you would like a copy, please call any of the
Commission offices listed on the other side of this form.
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The Commission assigns code numbers to attorneys who regularly practice before it. To obtain or look up a code number, contact the
Information Unit in Chicago or any of the downstate offices at the telephone numbers listed on this form.
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