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General Law Chapter 152 is hereby amended by adding subsection 87. Any employer, who does not report within 24  hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or the loss of an eye, shall be fined $100 per day for each day the report has not been made. The $100 shall be payable to the employee. Such payment shall be recorded with the Department of Industrial Accidents by the employer in writing by mail. Said employer shall retain a copy of the report and a copy of the check payable to the employee and the details of days not reported for 2 years.

a.The report must be made to a Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) office in Massachusetts when the injury occurred in Massachusetts. When the injury occurred outside of Massachusetts, then to the OSHA Office in the state where the injury occurred the reporting shall be made. All regulations of OSHA as to the office to which to report the injury shall be made shall supersede the reporting requirements of this section as to where to report. The content of the report shall include the name, address, and telephone number of the employee and any known witnesses along with a brief description of the injury if known to the employer, the name and address, and telephone number of the employer and the name of a contact person at the employer.

1.Footnote: 29 CPR 1904.39(a)(2): Employers are required within 24 hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye to report to OSHA.