How to Make a First Korean Workers’ Compensation Medical Claim

Eight checks on KCOMWEL Forms 2 and 3

1. Use the two-form set: Form 2 is the worker’s application and Form 3 is the medical institution’s opinion. Download both current originals. The worker or representative completes Form 2; the treating institution completes and signs Form 3. Do not copy medical judgments yourself.
2. Worker and accident facts: copy the passport/residence-card name, resident number, Korean address and reachable phones. Enter accident date and time, hiring date, arrival/departure times and occupation from records. Select the correct worker category and insured-employer relationship.
3. Workplace and claim type: mark occupational accident, occupational disease or commuting accident. Enter workplace name, employer name, phone and management number when verified. If the number is unknown, use KCOMWEL’s lookup or ask the branch rather than guessing.
4. Accident narrative and evidence: state where, what task you were doing, its purpose, what equipment or material was involved, the causal event, injury mechanism and immediate action in date order. Attach witness details, work orders, CCTV preservation requests, photos, shift records and accident reports when relevant.
5. Other compensation and treatment: answer whether the event was reported as a traffic, assault, rescue/fire or auto-insurance case. Identify any third party and any compensation received or payer. List every medical institution visited before the current one and do not conceal overlapping payment routes.
6. Submission, consent and signatures: the worker can file without employer confirmation. KCOMWEL sends notice to the employer and checks its opinion. A medical institution may submit through total.comwel.or.kr with the worker’s authorization. Read mandatory occupational-decision data consent separately from optional publicity, rehabilitation and return-to-work data uses, then date and sign.
7. Medical opinion page 1: the doctor records identity, accident and first-treatment dates, route to the hospital, first symptoms, current objective symptoms, examination findings, major tests, underlying disease, prior similar treatment, diagnoses and KCD codes. Give the doctor complete prior records; do not ask for unsupported wording.
8. Medical opinion page 2 and result: the doctor states expected inpatient/outpatient periods, reasons, work-treatment compatibility, surgery, intensive rehabilitation, transfer and required attachments. The application lists seven-day processing, excluding investigation or supplementation periods allowed by law. Keep the full filed set, receipt and approval/nonapproval notice.

Example only — do not submit: Arun K. copies his residence-card name and verified workplace number, then records that at 10:20 on 18 August 2026 he slipped while carrying a labeled box from the receiving area to a shelf. The example then fell on his right side and reported immediately to the supervisor. He attaches the shift record, work instruction, photos and a witness contact, lists the clinic and hospital visited. The example then reports no third-party payment, authorizes the hospital to submit, reads mandatory and optional consents separately and signs Form 2. The treating doctor independently completes Form 3 from examination, imaging and prior records. Replace every fact, medical statement and date with verified evidence.