65.2-900 - Records and reports of accidents.
§ 65.2-900. Records and reports of accidents.
A. Every employer shall keep a record of all injuries or deaths of itsemployees which occur in the course of employment. Within ten days after theoccurrence of such injury or death, and knowledge of injury as provided in §65.2-600, a report of the injury or death shall be made and transmitted tothe Commission by the employer, its representative or, in the case of aninsured employer, its insurance carrier, in accordance with regulationsadopted by the Commission which may authorize the transmission of suchreports in written, magnetic, electronic or facsimile media. The Commissionshall provide forms and instructions for reporting as required by thissection. The Commission shall provide the Department of Labor and Industrywith such reports.
B. The accident report shall contain the name, nature and location of thebusiness of the employer and the name, age, sex and wages and occupation ofthe injured employee, and shall state the date and hour of the accidentcausing the injury and the nature and cause of the injury, together with suchother information as may be required by the Commission. However, thoseinjuries deemed minor by the Commission shall be reported in the mannerprescribed by the Commission.
(Code 1950, § 65-115; 1956, c. 351; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-124; 1991, c. 355;1995, c. 86.)