What do SD workers have to do to report an injury?

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If you are in South Dakota in the employer and a worker was injured at work, what would you do first after you have received medical treatment for the worker? The state that require a violation of the injury has how easy research knows subscriber, and we emphasize these rules here.

The rule

An employer who has knowledge of an injury that requires a different medical treatment as a minor first aid or that makes the employee unable for seven or more calendar days, although:

(1) the Ministry of Work and Regulation if the employer is self -insured; or

(2) The employer's insurer if the employer has insured the liability.

The report is submitted within seven calendar days without counting on Sundays and statutory holidays after the employer has knowledge of the injury, unless the employer had a good reason not to submit the written report within the seven days. The report is created at a form approved by the Ministry of Labor and Regulation.

The consequences

Every employer who does not submit a report is guilty of class 2 and is subject to an administrative fine of $ 100, which is to be paid to the Ministry of Labor and Regulation.