Workers Compensation Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements – KY

KENTUCKY 

Must Employers Maintain Records of Accidents or Injuries? 

  Yes  

Must Employers Report Injuries? 

  Yes, all injuries causing an employee’s absence from work for 1 day or more.   

When Must Report be made? 

Within 1 week after occurrence and employer’s knowledge of the accident.  

Penalties for Failure to Report 

  State has no statutory requirements.  

Citation to Authority – Click link to view statute: 

Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 342.038

Employer records/reports of injuries