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Chart XII-Employer's Report of Accidents
Reporting Requirements1
Keeping of
Jurisdiction
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado5
Accident Records
by Employer
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Injuries
Death or disability exceeding three days
Death, injury, disease, or infection
All injuries
Indemnity, injuries, or death3
Controverted, medical only
Death cases or serious injuries
Disability of one day or more, other than first aid
Occupational diseases or pesticide poisoning
Death cases
Injuries causing lost time greater than three days
or three shifts
Any accident in which three or more employees
are injured
Occupational disease cases listed by rule
Cases of permanent physical impairment
Connecticut Required
Disability of one day or more
Time Limit
Within 15 days
Within 10 days
Within 10 days
10 days from notice of
injury
Immediately4
As prescribed
Within five days
3 days
10 days
3 days
10 days
10 days
Seven days, or as directed Commissioner
may increase
the award for
compensation
for the
employee's
injuries
proportionate
to the prejudice
that the
employee
sustained due to
the employer's
failure to file.
Delaware
District of
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Required
Required
Required7
Death cases or injuries requiring hospitalization
Other injuries
All injuries
All injuries requiring outside medical treatment
and/or resulting in more than one day of missed
work
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Not required
Required
Required
All injuries requiring medical or surgical
treatment or causing more than seven days'
absence8
Death cases
All injuries
All injuries requiring treatment by physician or
absence from work for one or more days
Death case or injuries and illness resulting in
loss of more than three scheduled work days
Permanent disability
All
Disability of more than three days, PP disability,
or death
Death cases or disability of more than remainder
of day or shift
Disability of more than one day
Lost time over seven days or death
Within 48 hours6
Within 10 days6
Within 10 days
Within seven days to
carrier7
Within 21 days9
250
1,000
500
1,000 per
offense
Within 48 hours
Within seven working
days
As soon as practicable,
but not later than 10 days
after the accident10
Within two working days
following accidental death
As soon as determinable
Within seven working
days11
Within four days
Within 28 days of
knowledge12
Within seven days10
Within 10 days of
employer's actual
knowledge of injury13
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5,000
1,000
500
500
1,000
250 per offense
1,000
500
100
1,000
Up to six months
Petty offense
100 per offense
100
Penalties for Failure to Report
Maximum
Fine ($)
2
10,000
200
Daily penalty
equal to
one day of
compensation,
up to 365 days.
504
Petty offense
Class D felony
Minimum
Fine ($)
Imprisonment
None
No
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