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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.

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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.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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