33 U.S.C. § 930 : US Code - Section 930: Reports to Secretary

Search 33 U.S.C. § 930 : US Code - Section 930: Reports to Secretary

(a) Time for sending; contents; copy to deputy commissioner
Within ten days from the date of any injury, which causes loss of
one or more shifts of work, or death or from the date that the
employer has knowledge of a disease or infection in respect of such
injury, the employer shall send to the Secretary a report setting
forth (1) the name, address, and business of the employer; (2) the
name, address, and occupation of the employee; (3) the cause and
nature of the injury or death; (4) the year, month, day, and hour
when and the particular locality where the injury or death
occurred; and (5) such other information as the Secretary may
require. A copy of such report shall be sent at the same time to
the deputy commissioner in the compensation district in which the
injury occurred. Notwithstanding the requirements of this
subsection, each employer shall keep a record of each and every
injury regardless of whether such injury results in the loss of one
or more shifts of work.
(b) Additional reports
Additional reports in respect of such injury and of the condition
of such employee shall be sent by the employer to the Secretary and
to such deputy commissioner at such times and in such manner as the
Secretary may prescribe.
(c) Use as evidence
Any report provided for in subsection (a) or (b) of this section
shall not be evidence of any fact stated in such report in any
proceeding in respect of such injury or death on account of which
the report is made.
(d) Compliance by mailing
The mailing of any such report and copy in a stamped envelope,
within the time prescribed in subsections (a) or (b) of this
section, to the Secretary and deputy commissioner, respectively,
shall be a compliance with this section.
(e) Penalty for failure or refusal to send report
Any employer, insurance carrier, or self-insured employer who
knowingly and willfully fails or refuses to send any report
required by this section or knowingly or willfully makes a false
statement or misrepresentation in any such report shall be subject
to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each such failure,
refusal, false statement, or misrepresentation.
(f) Tolling provision
Where the employer or the carrier has been given notice, or the
employer (or his agent in charge of the business in the place where
the injury occurred) or the carrier has knowledge, of any injury or
death of an employee and fails, neglects, or refuses to file report
thereof as required by the provisions of subsection (a) of this
section, the limitations in subsection (a) of section 913 of this
title shall not begin to run against the claim of the injured
employee or his dependents entitled to compensation, or in favor of
either the employer or the carrier, until such report shall have
been furnished as required by the provisions of subsection (a) of
this section.