Independent contractors and their employees/subcontractors are not eligible for workers compensation claims against the business for whom they're working for—and indeed some businesses mislead employees into working as 'independent contractors' to avoid workers comp claims.
Independent contractors are not covered by the Utah Workers' Com- pensation Act, so employees do not need to obtain workers' compen- sation coverage for independent contractors. Independent contrac- tors are not eligible to receive or file workers' compensation claims.