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City of Eugene <br /> Human Resource and Risk Services Policies <br /> 7 -600 ACCIDENT AND LIABILITY COVERAGE FOR VOLUNTEERS <br /> Volunteers are defined as individuals who participate in unpaid work activities <br /> sponsored by and under the direct supervision of the City. <br /> Recognizing the valuable services performed by volunteers for the City, it is the <br /> desire of the City to compensate volunteers for injuries suffered while performing <br /> these services. <br /> With the exception of volunteer firefighters and reserve police officers, volunteers are <br /> not covered under the City's Workers' Compensation program. <br /> A. Policy <br /> 1. Accidental Injury <br /> City volunteers who suffer accidental injury as a direct result of their <br /> duties as a volunteer, have the following maximum coverage through <br /> the City: <br /> (a) Accidental Death $5,000 <br /> (b) Accidental Dismemberment $5,000 <br /> (c) Accidental Medical Expense $2,500 <br /> (d) Accidental Dental Expense $ 250 <br /> The maximum paid under this policy would be $8,000 given a com- <br /> bination of the limits listed above. <br /> The word "injury" as used means accidental bodily injury, from which <br /> loss results directly and independently from all other causes, sustained <br /> by the volunteer, provided such injury occurs while participating in <br /> volunteer work activities sponsored by the City and such participation <br /> is under the direct supervision of the City. <br /> Benefits indicated above are not available to volunteer <br /> fire - fighters and reserve police officers, since they are covered under <br /> the City's Workers' Compensation program. <br /> The benefits provided above will be paid secondary to or in excess of <br /> Human Resource and Risk Services 06 /30/91 <br /> Revised: 06/01/93 <br />