[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR702.211]

[Page 875-876]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
  CHAPTER VI--EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 702--ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Claims Procedures
 
Sec. 702.211  Notice of employee's injury or death; designation of responsible official.

    (a) In order to claim compensation under the Act, an employee or 
claimant must first give notice of the fact of an injury or death to the 
employer and also may give notice to the district director for the 
compensation district in which the injury or death occurred. Notice to 
the employer must be given to that individual whom the employer has 
designated to receive such notices. If no individual has been so 
designated notice may be given to: (1) The first line supervisor 
(including foreman, hatchboss or timekeeper), local plant manager or 
personnel office official; (2)

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to any partner if the employer is a partnership; or (3) if the employer 
is a corporation, to any authorized agent, to an officer or to the 
person in charge of the business at the place where the injury occurred. 
In the case of a retired employee, the employee/claimant may submit the 
notice to any of the above persons, whether or not the employer has 
designated an official to receive such notice.
    (b) In order to facilitate the filing of notices, each employer 
shall designate at least one individual responsible for receiving 
notices of injury or death; this requirement applies to all employers. 
The designation shall be by position and the employer shall provide the 
name and/or position, exact location and telephone number of the 
individual to all employees by the appropriate method described below.
    (1) Type of individual. Designees must be a first line supervisor 
(including a foreman, hatchboss or timekeeper), local plant manager, 
personnel office official, company nurse or other individual 
traditionally entrusted with this duty, who is located full-time on the 
premises of the covered facility. The employer must designate at least 
one individual at each place of employment or one individual for each 
work crew where there is no fixed place of employment (in that case, the 
designation should always be the same position for all work crews).
    (2) How designated. The name and/or title, the location and 
telephone number of the individual who is selected by the employer to 
receive all notices shall be given to the district director for the 
compensation district in which the facility is located; posting on the 
worksite in a conspicuous place shall fulfill this requirement. A 
redesignation shall be effected by a change in posting.
    (3) Publication. Every employer shall post the name and/or position, 
the exact location and telephone number of the designated official. The 
posting shall be part of the general posting requirement, done on a form 
prescribed by the Director, and placed in a conspicuous location. 
Posting must be done at each worksite.
    (4) Effect of failure to designate. Where an employer fails to 
properly designate and to properly publish the name and/or position of 
the individual authorized to receive notices of injury or death, such 
failure shall constitute satisfactory reasons for excusing the employee/
claimant's failure to give notice as authorized by section 12(d)(3)(ii) 
of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 912(d)(3)(ii).

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
1215-0160)

[50 FR 397, Jan. 3, 1985, as amended at 51 FR 4283, Feb. 3, 1986]