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Chart XII-Employer's Report of Accidents, cont.
Reporting Requirements1

Jurisdiction

Keeping of
Accident Records
by Employer

Penalties for Failure to Report

Injuries

Time Limit

Maximum
Fine ($)

Minimum
Fine ($)

Pennsylvania

Required

Death cases
Disability of one day or more

Within 48 hours
After seven days but not
later than 10 days

24

Rhode
Island

No provision

Death cases
Disability of three days or more and all injuries
requiring medical treatment
Any claim resulting in medical expense

Within 48 hours
Within 10 days

250 per offense

South
Carolina

Required

All injuries wherein medical attention cost
exceeds $500; or results in more than one day's
disability; or results in permanency; or employer
uses insurance coverage to satisfy any portion
of claim; or employer denies liability for injury/
claim.

Within 10 days10

100

South
Dakota

Required

Disability of seven days or more, other than first
aid or injuries requiring medical treatment

Within seven days

100

Tennessee

Required

A Report of Injury must be filed when employee
receives medical care outside of employer's
premises.

Within 14 days

25 per each 15
days

Texas

Required

Lost time of more than one day or death/an
occupational disease

Within eight days25

Up to 25,000 per
day per offense

Utah

Required

All injuries, other than those requiring first aid.

Within seven days

500

Vermont

Required

Disability of one day or more or requiring
medical care

Within 72 hours; Sundays
and legal holidays
excluded

5,000

Virginia26

Required

All injuries

Within 10 days10

5,000

500

Washington

Required

Deaths and accidents resulting in hospitalization
or inability to work

Immediately

2,500

250

West
Virginia

Self-insured employers
need to keep records
for not less than 10
years, possibly more,
if the matter is the
subject of litigation.

All injuries

Within five days

500 per offense

Wisconsin

Required

Fatalities
Disability beyond three-day waiting period

Within 24 hours
Within 14 days

100

Wyoming

Required

All injuries

Within 10 days

750

American
Samoa

Required

Death, injury, or disease

Within 10 days of
employer notification

500 per offense

Virgin
Islands

Required

Injury or disease

Within eight days

500

FECA

No provision

All injuries resulting in medical expenses,
disability, or death

Within 10 working days

Longshore
Act

Required

All injuries resulting in loss of one or more shifts
or death

10 days

24,017

Alberta

Required

All injuries that disable or require medical aid

72 hours27, 28

25,000 plus
10,000 per day
for continuing
offense

British
Columbia

Required

Death cases-injuries arising out of and in the
course of employment must be reported by the
employer. All injuries not specifically excepted
must be reported.

Immediately or within
three days

5,259.1029

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Imprisonment

10

Up to 30 days
25

10
Up to six
months

Up to six
months

Up to six
months
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