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(a) An employer shall file a written report with the commission and the employer's insurance carrier if:
(1) an injury results in the absence of an employee of that employer from work for more than one day; or
(2) an employee of the employer notifies that employer of an occupational disease under Section 409.001.
(b) The report must be mailed or delivered to the commission and the insurance carrier not later than the eighth day after:
(1) the employee's absence from work for more than one day due to an injury; or
(2) the day on which the employer receives notice under Section 409.001 that the employee has contracted an occupational disease.
(c) A report required under this section may not be considered to be an admission by or evidence against an employer or an insurance carrier in a proceeding before the commission or a court in which the facts set out in the report are contradicted by the employer or insurance carrier.
(d) The commission may adopt rules relating to the information that must be contained in a report required under this section.
(e) An employer shall file subsequent reports as required by commission rule.
(f) A person commits a violation if the person fails to comply with this section unless good cause exists. A violation under this subsection is a Class D administrative violation.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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