00                     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 148(L&C)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to the reporting of workplace injuries to the division of labor standards                              
02 and safety; and providing for an effective date."                                                                       
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, an employee's loss of an eye, or an employee's amputation [OF                                
08       ONE OR MORE EMPLOYEES], the employer shall report the accident. The report                                    
09       must be made [ORALLY] by telephone or in person to the nearest office of the                                  
10       division of labor standards and safety or by telephone to the federal toll-free number                            
11       provided by the division. The report must relate the name of the establishment, the                               
12       location of the accident, the time of the accident, a contact person and the telephone                            
13       number of the contact person, a brief description of the accident, the number of                                  
14       fatalities or injured [HOSPITALIZED] employees, and the extent of any injuries. The                           

01       report must be made immediately but in no event later than eight hours after receipt by                           
02       the employer of information that the accident has occurred. However, if the employer                              
03       first receives information of a fatality, [OR] in-patient hospitalization, loss of an eye,                
04       or 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 amputation more than 30 days after the accident.                          
10    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).