- (a) An employer, as defined by Texas Labor Code, §411.001(2), who is a non-subscriber and employs five or more employees not exempt from workers' compensation insurance coverage, shall file a written report for each death, each occupational disease, and each injury that results in more than one day's absence from work for the injured employee.
- (b) The report of injury shall be filed in the form, format, and manner prescribed by the commission.
- (c) A report of all injuries that have occurred during a calendar month shall be filed with the commission not later than the seventh day of the following month. For purposes of this section, a report is filed when personally delivered or postmarked. All reports will be filed with the commission at Texas Workers' Compensation Commission, Southfield Building, 4000 South IH-35, Austin, Texas 78704-7491.
- (d) Failure to file a report as required by this section, without good cause, is a class D administrative violation subject to a penalty not to exceed $500 under Texas Labor Code, §411.023, or up to $10,000 pursuant to Texas Labor Code, §415.021, for repeated violations.
Source Note:The provisions of this §160.2 adopted to be effective June 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 3252; amended to be effective February 2, 1996, 21 TexReg 515.