Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 85A-63
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Reports
Official statutory text
A. Within ten (10) days after the date of receipt of notice or
of knowledge of injury or death, the employer shall send to the
Workers' Compensation Commission 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, approximately when, and the particular
locality where, the injury or death occurred; and
5. Such other information as the Commission may require.
B. Additional reports with respect to the injury and of the
condition of the employee shall be sent by the employer to the
Commission at such time and in such manner as the Commission may
prescribe. However, an employer may refuse to provide any
information that it deems privileged or confidential.
C. Any report provided for in subsection A or B of this section
shall not be evidence of any fact stated in the report in any
proceeding with respect to the injury or death on account of which
the report is made. Any such report shall be kept confidential and
shall not be open to public inspection; provided, however, such
report shall be made available immediately upon request by the
injured employee named in the report, the injured employee's legal
representative, or any prosecutorial authority. The report shall be
open to public inspection upon the employee's first notice of claim
for compensation being filed.
D. The mailing of any report in a stamped envelope, properly
addressed, within the time prescribed in subsection A or B of this
section, shall be in compliance with this section. In addition, the
Commission shall establish a means of electronic delivery of any
report or other information required by this section.
E. 1. Any employer who after notice refuses to send any report
required by this section shall be subject to a civil penalty in an
amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each refusal.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 85A. Workers' Compensation Page 92
2. Whenever the employer has failed or refused to comply as
provided in this section, the Commission may serve on the employer a
proposed judgment declaring the employer to be in violation of this
act and containing the amount, if any, of the civil penalty to be
assessed against the employer under this section.
F. An employer may contest a proposed judgment of the
Commission issued under subsection E of this section by filing with
the Commission, within twenty (20) days of receipt of the proposed
judgment, a written request for a hearing. If a written request for
hearing is not filed with the Commission within this time, the
proposed judgment, proposed penalty, or both, shall be a final
judgment of the Commission. The request for a hearing does not need
to be in any particular form but shall specify the grounds on which
the person contests the proposed judgment, the proposed assessment,
or both. A proposed judgment by the Commission under this section
shall be prima facie correct, and the burden is on the employer to
prove that the proposed judgment is incorrect.
G. Hearings conducted under this section shall proceed as
provided in Sections 69 through 78 of this title.
H. If an employer fails to pay any civil penalty assessed
against the employer after a judgment issued under this section has
become final by operation of law, the Commission may petition the
district court of the county where the employer's principal place of
business is located for an order enjoining the employer from
engaging in further employment or conduct of business until such
time as the employer makes all required reports and pays all civil
penalties.
of knowledge of injury or death, the employer shall send to the
Workers' Compensation Commission 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, approximately when, and the particular
locality where, the injury or death occurred; and
5. Such other information as the Commission may require.
B. Additional reports with respect to the injury and of the
condition of the employee shall be sent by the employer to the
Commission at such time and in such manner as the Commission may
prescribe. However, an employer may refuse to provide any
information that it deems privileged or confidential.
C. Any report provided for in subsection A or B of this section
shall not be evidence of any fact stated in the report in any
proceeding with respect to the injury or death on account of which
the report is made. Any such report shall be kept confidential and
shall not be open to public inspection; provided, however, such
report shall be made available immediately upon request by the
injured employee named in the report, the injured employee's legal
representative, or any prosecutorial authority. The report shall be
open to public inspection upon the employee's first notice of claim
for compensation being filed.
D. The mailing of any report in a stamped envelope, properly
addressed, within the time prescribed in subsection A or B of this
section, shall be in compliance with this section. In addition, the
Commission shall establish a means of electronic delivery of any
report or other information required by this section.
E. 1. Any employer who after notice refuses to send any report
required by this section shall be subject to a civil penalty in an
amount of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each refusal.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 85A. Workers' Compensation Page 92
2. Whenever the employer has failed or refused to comply as
provided in this section, the Commission may serve on the employer a
proposed judgment declaring the employer to be in violation of this
act and containing the amount, if any, of the civil penalty to be
assessed against the employer under this section.
F. An employer may contest a proposed judgment of the
Commission issued under subsection E of this section by filing with
the Commission, within twenty (20) days of receipt of the proposed
judgment, a written request for a hearing. If a written request for
hearing is not filed with the Commission within this time, the
proposed judgment, proposed penalty, or both, shall be a final
judgment of the Commission. The request for a hearing does not need
to be in any particular form but shall specify the grounds on which
the person contests the proposed judgment, the proposed assessment,
or both. A proposed judgment by the Commission under this section
shall be prima facie correct, and the burden is on the employer to
prove that the proposed judgment is incorrect.
G. Hearings conducted under this section shall proceed as
provided in Sections 69 through 78 of this title.
H. If an employer fails to pay any civil penalty assessed
against the employer after a judgment issued under this section has
become final by operation of law, the Commission may petition the
district court of the county where the employer's principal place of
business is located for an order enjoining the employer from
engaging in further employment or conduct of business until such
time as the employer makes all required reports and pays all civil
penalties.
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