The Workers' Compensation program is a pass-through of workers' compensation expenses paid by the state and its employees to the Workers' Compensation Fund of Utah, which provides coverage to employees on the state's payroll system. Higher education and school districts are not included in the program. The state collects monthly rates from employees' paychecks to pay the premiums billed by the Workers' Compensation Fund of Utah.
The fund supports three employees who work to reduce Workers' Compensation exposure and to increase risk-awareness by employees in an attempt to reduce accidents and therefore reduce claims. The fund also pays state agencies for half of approved expenses for ergonomic furniture, keyboards, and similar injury-preventing items for employees.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.