00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 263                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to reporting of workplace injuries to the division of labor standards                                  
02 and safety."                                                                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 18.60.058(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  In the event of an employment accident that is fatal to an employee [ONE                            
06       OR MORE EMPLOYEES] or that results in an employee's [THE] in-patient                                          
07       hospitalization or an employee's loss of an eye or an amputation [OF ONE OR                                   
08       MORE EMPLOYEES], the employer shall report the accident. The report must be                                   
09       made [ORALLY] by telephone or in person to the nearest office of the division of                              
10       labor standards and safety or by telephone to the federal toll-free number provided by                            
11       the division. The report must relate the name of the establishment, the location of the                           
12       accident, the time of the accident, a contact person and the telephone number of the                              
13       contact person, a brief description of the accident, the number of fatalities or injured                      
14       [HOSPITALIZED] employees, and the extent of any injuries. The report must be                                      

01       made immediately but in no event later than eight hours after receipt by the employer                             
02       of information that the accident has occurred. However, if the employer first receives                            
03       information of a fatality, [OR] in-patient hospitalization, loss of an eye or an                      
04       amputation [OF ONE OR MORE EMPLOYEES] eight or more hours after the                                           
05       accident but not later than [WITHIN] 30 days after the accident, the employer must                            
06       make the report not later than [WITHIN] eight hours after receiving the information                       
07       [OF THE FATALITY OR IN-PATIENT HOSPITALIZATION]. This subsection does                                             
08       not apply to an employer that first receives information of a fatality, [OR] in-patient                       
09       hospitalization, loss of an eye, or an amputation more than 30 days after the                                 
10       accident.