5 U.S.C. § 8119 | Notice of injury or death

section 8133 of this titleAn employee injured in the performance of his duty, or someone on his behalf, shall give notice thereof. Notice of a death believed to be related to the employment shall be given by an eligible beneficiary specified in , or someone on his behalf. A notice of injury or death shall—

(a)

be given within 30 days after the injury or death;

(b)

be given to the immediate superior of the employee by personal delivery or by depositing it in the mail properly stamped and addressed;

(c)

be in writing;

(d)

state the name and address of the employee;

(e)

state the year, month, day, and hour when and the particular locality where the injury or death occurred;

(f)

state the cause and nature of the injury, or, in the case of death, the employment factors believed to be the cause; and

(g)

be signed by and contain the address of the individual giving the notice.

Pub. L. 89–554Sept. 6, 196680 Stat. 543 Pub. L. 93–416, § 12(a)Sept. 7, 197488 Stat. 1146(, , ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Derivation	U.S. Code	Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large
(a)	5 U.S.C. 765.	Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 458, § 15, 39 Stat. 746.
	5 U.S.C. 766.	Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 458, § 16, 39 Stat. 746.
(b)	5 U.S.C. 767.	Sept. 7, 1916, ch. 458, § 17, 39 Stat. 746.

Subsection (b)(2) is added on authority of former section 770, which is carried into section 8122, to complete the coverage of this section.

64 Stat. 1271Administration of this subchapter was transferred to the Secretary of Labor by section 1 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, (see section 8145).

Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 93–4161974— substituted “or death” for “; failure to give” in section catchline, struck out designation of subsec. (a), redesignated cls. (1) to (7) as (a) to (g), and, as so redesignated, inserted provisions relating to notice of death and substituted “30 days” for “48 hours” in cl. (a), and struck out subsec. (b) relating to allowance of compensation.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

Pub. L. 93–416Sept. 7, 1974Sept. 7, 1974section 28(a) of Pub. L. 93–416 section 8101 of this titleAmendment by effective , and applicable to any injury or death occurring on or after , see , set out as a note under .