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State Workers' Compensation Officials
Note: Individuals injured on the job while employed by private companies or state and local government agencies should contact their state workers' compensation board. ALABAMAScottie Spates, Director Workers' Compensation Division Department of Industrial Relations 649 Monroe Street Montgomery, AL 36131 (334) 242-2868 or 1-800-528-5166 ALASKAPaul Lisankie, Director Workers' Compensation Division Department of Labor 1111 West 8th Street, Suite 307 P.O. Box 25512 Juneau, AK 99802-5512 (907) 465-2790 ARIZONALarry J. Etchechury, Director Industrial Commission 800 West Washington Street P. O. Box 19070 Phoenix, AZ 85007 (602) 542-4411 or 1-800-544-6488 ARKANSASOlan Reeves, Chairman Workers’ Compensation Commission 324 Spring Street P. O. Box 950 Little Rock, AR 72203-0950 (501) 682-3930 or 1-800-622-4472 CALIFORNIAAndrea Hock, Administrative Director Division of Workers' Compensation 455 Golden Gate Avenue, 9th Fl. San Francisco, CA 94102-3660 (415) 703-4600 or 1-800-736-7401 COLORADOMary Ann Whiteside, Director Division of Workers' Compensation 1515 Arapahoe Street Denver, CO 80202-2117 (303) 318-8700 CONNECTICUTJohn A. Mastropietro, Chairman Workers' Compensation Commission 21 Oak Street Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 493-1500 or 1-800-223-9675 DELAWAREJohn Kirk III, Administrator Office of Workers’ Compensation 4425 N. Market Street, 3rd Floor Wilmington, DE 19802 (302) 761-8200 or 1-800-292-7885 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAJames Jacobs, Director Office of Workers’ Compensation 64 New York Avenue, N.E., Washington, DC 20002 (202) 671-1000 FLORIDATanner Holloman, Director Division of Workers’ Compensation 200 East Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-4220 (850) 488-2514 or 1-800-342-1741 GEORGIACarolyn Hall, Chairman Board of Workers' Compensation 270 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30303-1299 (404) 656-3875 or 1-800-533-0682 HAWAIIGary S. Hamada, Administrator Disability Compensation Division Department of Human Resources Development 830 Punchbowl Street, Room 211 P. O. Box 3769 Honolulu, HI 96812 (808) 586-9151 IDAHOR.D. Maynard, Chairman Industrial Commission 317 Main Street P. O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0041 (208) 334-6000 or 1-800-950-2110 ILLINOISDennis Ruth, Chairman Industrial Commission 100 West Randolph Street Suite 8-200 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 814-6611 INDIANAG. Terrence Coriden, Chairman Workers' Compensation Board Room W-196 402 West Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 232-3808 IOWAMike Trier, W.C. Commissioner Division of Workers' Compensation Workforce Development Department 1000 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50319 (515) 281-4748 or 1-800-562-4692 KANSASPaula Greathouse Division of Workers' Compensation 800 SW Jackson Street, Suite 600 Topeka, KS 66612-1227 (785) 296-3441 or 1-800-322-0353 KENTUCKYLarry Greathouse Department of Workers Claims 657 Chamberlin Avenue Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 564-5550 or 1-800-554-8601 LOUISIANAKaren Winfrey, Assistant Secretary/Director Office of Workers' Compensation 1001 North 23rd Street P. O. Box 94094 Baton Rouge, LA 70802-9094 (225) 342-3111 or 1-800-756-7123 MAINEPaul R. Dionne, Executive Director Workers' Compensation Board 27 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0027 (207) 287-3751 or 1-800-400-6854 MARYLANDThomas P. O'Reilly, Chairman Workers' Compensation Commission 10 East Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201-3785 (410) 864-5100 or 1-800-492-0479 MASSACHUSETTSAngelo Buonopane, Director Department of Industrial Accidents 600 Washington Street, 7th Floor Boston, MA 02108-4220 (617) 727-6573 or 1-800-323-3249 MICHIGANBureau of Workers’ Disability Compensation 7150 Harris Dirve P. O. Box 30016 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 322-1296 MINNESOTAScott Brener, Commissioner Division of Workers' Compensation Department of Labor and Industry 443 Lafayette Road North St. Paul, MN 55155-4319 (651) 284-5017 or 1-800-342-5354 MISSISSIPPIBen Barrett Smith, Chairman Workers' Compensation Commission 1428 Lakeland Drive P. O. Box 5300 Jackson, MS 39296-5300 (601) 987-4200 MISSOURI Renee Slusher, Director Division of Workers' Compensation Department of Labor and Industrial Relations P. O. Box 58 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0058 (573) 751-4231 or 1-800-775-2667 MONTANAJerry Keck, Administrator Employment Relations Division Department of Labor and Industry 1805 Prospect Avenue P. O. Box 8011 Helena, MT 59604-8011 (406) 444-1555 or 1-800-772-2141 NEBRASKAMichael K. High, Presiding Judge Workers' Compensation Court Capitol Building P. O. Box 98908 Lincoln, NE 68509-8908 (402) 471-6468 NEVADARoger Bremer, Administrator Division of Industrial Insurance Relations 400 W. King Street, Suite 400 Carson City, NV 89703 (775) 684-7260 or 1-800-553-5115 (Northern region) 1-800-767-1446 (Southern region) NEW HAMPSHIREKathryn Barger, Director Workers' Compensation Division Department of Labor 95 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-3176 or 1-800-272-4353 NEW JERSEYPeter Calderone, Director/Chief Judge Division of Workers' Compensation Department of Labor P. O. Box 381 Trenton, NJ 08625-0381 (609) 292-2414 NEW MEXICOAlan Varela, Director Workers' Compensation Administration 2410 Centre Drive, SE P. O. Box 27198 Albuquerque, NM 87125-7198 (505) 841-6006 or 1-800-255-7965 NEW YORKDavid Wehner, Chairman Workers' Compensation Board 20 Park Street, Room 400 Albany, NY 12241 (518) 474-6670 NORTH CAROLINABuck Lattimore, Chairman Industrial Commission 4319 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27611 (919) 807-2500 NORTH DAKOTACharles Blunt, Executive Director Workforce Safety and Insurance 1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 1 Bismarck, ND 58503-0644 (701) 328-3800 OHIOJames Conrad, Administrator Bureau of Workers' Compensation 30 West Spring Street Columbus, OH 43215-2256 (614) 466-8751 or 1-800-644-6292 OKLAHOMARichard Blanchard, Presiding Judge Workers' Compensation Court 1915 North Stiles Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4904 (405) 522-8600 or 1-800-522-8210 OREGONJohn Shilts, Administrator Workers' Compensation Division 350 Winter Street, NE Salem, OR 97309 (503) 947-7500 PENNSYLVANIAJohn T. Kupchinsky, Director Bureau of Workers' Compensation Department of Labor and Industry 1171 So. Cameron Street, Rm. 324 Harrisburg, PA 17104-2501 (717) 772-4447 or 1-800-482-2383 PUERTO RICOBasilio Rivera, Chairman Industrial Commission G.P.O. Box 364466 San Juan, PR 00936-4466 (787) 781-0545 RHODE ISLANDE. Jean Severance, Associate Director Division of Workers' Compensation Department of Labor and Training P. O. Box 20190 Cranston, RI 02920-0942 (401) 462-8100 SOUTH CAROLINAJ. Alan Bass, Chairman Workers' Compensation Commission 1612 Marion Street P. O. Box 1715 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 737-5700 or 1-800-868-4244 SOUTH DAKOTAJames Marsh, Director Division of Labor & Management Department of Labor 700 Governors Dr., Kneip Bldg. Pierre, SD 57501-2291 (605) 773-3681 TENNESSEESue Ann Head, Director Division of Workers' Compensation Department of Labor and Workforce Development Andrew Johnson Tower, 8th Floor 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-0655 (615) 532-4812 or 1-800-332-2667 TEXASMike Hachtman, Chairman Workers' Compensation Commission 7551 Metro Center Drive Austin, TX 78704-7491 (512) 804-4000 or 1-800-252-7031 UTAHJoyce Sewell, Director Industrial Accident Division Labor Commission 160 East 300 South, 3rd Floor P. O. Box 146610 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6610 (801) 530-6800 or 1-800-530-5090 VERMONTLaura Collins, Interim Director Workers’ Compensation Division National Life Building, Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-3401 (802) 828-2286 or 1-800-734-2286 VIRGINIALawrence D. Tarr, Chairman Workers’ Compensation Commission 1000 DMV Drive Richmond, VA 23220 (804) 367-8600 VIRGIN ISLANDSJeanette Encarnacion, Director Workers' Compensation Division Department of Labor 3012 Vitraco Mall - Golden Rock St. Croix, VI 00820-4666 (809) 692-9390 or (809) 773-1994, Ext. 238 WASHINGTON*Robert Malooly Insurance Services Division Department of Labor and Industries 7273 Linderson Way, SW Tumwater, WA 98501-4850 (360) 902-4213 or 1-800-547-8367 *mailing address P. O. Box 44100 Olympia, WA 98504-4100 WEST VIRGINIAGreg Burton, Commissioner Workers' Compensation Division 4700 MacCorkle Avenue, SE Charleston, WV 25304 (304) 926-5048 or 1-800-628-4265 WISCONSINFrancis Huntley-Cooper, Administrator Workers' Compensation Division Department of Workforce Development 201 East Washington Avenue P. O. Box 7901 Madison, WI 53707 (608) 266-1340 WYOMINGGary W. Child, Administrator Workers’ Safety & Compensation Division 1510 East Pershing Boulevard Cheyenne, WY 82002-0700 (307) 777-7441
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