Guam § 9131 - Reports.

§ 9131. Reports.

(a) Within ten (10) days from the date of any injury or

death, or from the date that the employer has knowledge of a

disease or infection in respect of such injury, the employer shall

send to the Commission a report setting forth (1) the name,

address, and business of the employer; (2) the name, address,

and occupation of the employee; (3) the cause and nature of the

injury or death; (4) the year, month, day, and hour, and the

particular locality where the injury or death occurred; and (5)

such other information as the Commission may require. A copy

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of such report shall be sent at the same time to the

Commissioner.

(b) Additional reports in respect of such injury and of the

condition of such employee shall be sent by the employer to the

Commission at such times and in such manner as the

Commission may prescribe.

(c) Any report provided for in subsection (a) or (b) shall not

be evidence of any fact stated in such report in any proceeding in

respect of any such injury or death for which the report is made.

(d) The mailing of any such report and copy in a stamped

envelope, within the time prescribed in subsection (a) or (b), to

the Commission, shall be a compliance with this section.

(e) Any employer who fails or refuses to send any report

required of him by this section shall be subject to a civil penalty

not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each such

failure or refusal.

(f) Where the employer or the carrier has been given notice,

or the employer (or his agent in charge of the business in the

place where the injury occurred) or the carrier has knowledge, of

any injury or death of an employee and fails, neglects, or refuses

to file report thereof as required by the provisions of subsection

(a) of this section, the limitations in subsection (a) of § 9114 of

this Title shall not begin to run against the claim of the injured

employee or his dependents entitled to compensation, or in favor

of either the employee or the carrier, until such report shall have

been furnished as required by the provisions of subsection (a) of

this section.