NIOSH: Puerto Rico townhall meeting transcript - Centers for ...

specific objectives and commitment of the
health and safety staff.
I want to mention that the process of
claims of Social Security in its initial stage
are delayed from six to eight months for a
decision. If the case if denied then consider
that four to six months waiting and if not
approved, then the case is seen before a
hearing before a judge, eighteen months after
having requested this claim.
In analysis of the case we investigate
possible causes, we identify cause, we
establish a commitment of the employee or
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claimant of the claim, thus the redundancy. The
work staff in the occupational area, there is
nursing, doctors, the production manager and
supervisor in Human Resources working in a
group. In the occupational part, Social
Security, the representative focuses on
analyzing the case, establish if the case is
possible for a program of rehabilitation and
return him to the work environment. On the
contrary it establishes a level of incapacity
and take him to a request for Social Security