Jacob Orozco — ADJ19122773

Deputy sheriff Jacob Orozco rolled his left ankle at work on October 5, 2022, filing an internal Employee Incident Report the same day but declining medical treatment, which his supervisor acknowledged. The employer never provided a DWC-1 claim form. In January 2024, after the ankle worsened, applicant requested care and received a claim form for the first time, filing an Application in April 2024. Defendant denied the claim as barred by the one-year statute of limitations under Labor Code section 5405. The WCJ found the claim timely, holding that defendant's failure to provide a claim form after receiving actual knowledge of the injury tolled the statute until applicant received the form on January 19, 2024. The Board denied reconsideration, affirming that the tolling applied because the employer had actual knowledge of a reported industrial injury and failed to provide the required notice.