OWCP Basic Training - 15th Annual Federal Workers ...

Three Statutory ExclusionsWhere the questions of “fact of injury” and“performance of duty” are decided affirmatively,consideration must also be given to the question ofwhether the injury or death was caused by (1) thewillful misconduct of the employee, (2) by theemployee’s intention to bring about the injury ordeath of self or of another, or (3) if intoxication of theinjured employee was the proximate cause of theinjury or death.Each of the exclusions will be discussedindividually.