Workers Compensation Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements – MA

MASSACHUSETTS

Must Employers Maintain Records of Accidents or Injuries? 

Yes

Must Employers Report Injuries?

Yes, any injury resulting in the incapacity of employee from earning full wages for 5 or more calendar days.

When Must Report be made?

Within 7 calendar days, not including Sundays or legal holidays, of receipt of notice of occurrence of injury.

Penalties for Failure to Report

More than 3 violations per year results in a fine of $100 for each violation; failure to pay the fine within 30 days constitutes a separate violation.

Citation to Authority – Click link to view statute:

Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. Ch.152  § 6

Notice of injuries; additional reports