Section 5: Employer's obligation to report death, injury or disease of an employee.

(1) Subject to sub-section (6) of this section, employer shall report to the Board and the nearest office of the National council for occupational safety and Health in the state within 7 days of its occurrence every injury to an employee that is or is claimed to be one arising out of and in the course of employment.
(2) Subject to sub-section (6) of this section, an employer shall report to the Board, within 7 days of receiving information under section 4 of this Act, every disabling occupational disease or claim for or allegation of an occupational disease.
(3) An employer shall, immediately, report the death of an employee arising out of and in the course of employment to the Board and to the local representative of the Board.
(4) A report under this section shall be in such form and manner as prescribed by the Board and shall state-
(a) the name and address of the employee;
(b) the time and place of the disease, injury or death;
(c) the nature of the injury or alleged injury;
(d) the name and address of any specialist or accredited medical practitioner who attend to the employee; and
(e) any other particular required by the Board under this Act or any regulation made thereunder, and such report may be made by mailing the copies of the form addressed to the Board at the address the Board prescribes.
(5) The failure to make a report required under this section, unless allowed by the Board on the ground that the report for some sufficient reason could not have been made, constitutes an offence under this Act.
(6) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of this section, the Board may, by regulation, define and prescribe a category of minor injuries not required to be reported under this section.
(7) The Board shall verify if the injury or disease for which a claim for compensation is raised has been reported to the National council for Occupational Safety and Health Office in the state where the accident or disease occurred as required under section 30 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 2005 prior to the settlement of such claim.
(8) The Board may make rules of procedures for making claims for compensation under this Act.