2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 8 - Labor and Industry
Labor Ii - Workers' Compensation and Related Provisions
Article 43 - Procedure
Part 1 - Notices and Reports
§ 8-43-102. Notice to employer of injury - notice to employees of requirement - failure to report

(1) (a) Every employee who sustains an injury resulting from an accident shall notify said employee's employer in writing of the injury within four days of the occurrence of the injury. If the employee is physically or mentally unable to provide said notice, the employee's foreman, superintendent, manager, or any other person in charge who has notice of said injury shall submit such written notice to the employer. Any other person who has notice of said injury may submit a written notice to the said person in charge or to the employer, and in that event the injured employee shall be relieved of the obligation to give such notice. Otherwise, if said employee fails to report said injury in writing, said employee may lose up to one day's compensation for each day's failure to so report. If, at the time of said injury, the employer has failed to display the notice specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), the time period allotted to the employee shall be tolled for the duration of such failure.

(b) Every employer shall display at all times in a prominent place on the workplace premises a printed card with a minimum height of fourteen inches and a width of eleven inches with each letter to be a minimum of one-half inch in height, which shall read as follows:

WARNING

IF YOU ARE INJURED ON THE JOB, WRITTEN NOTICE OF YOUR INJURY MUST BE GIVEN TO YOUR EMPLOYER WITHIN FOUR WORKING DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 8-43-102 (1), COLORADO REVISED STATUTES.

IF THE INJURY RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, YOUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION DISABILITY BENEFITS MAY BE REDUCED BY ONE-HALF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8-42-112.5, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES.

(1.5) (a) Every employee of an employer who has permission to be its own insurance carrier pursuant to section 8-44-201 or of an employer who participates in a public entity self-insurance pool pursuant to section 8-44-204 who sustains an injury resulting from an accident shall notify his employer in writing of said injury within four working days of the occurrence of the injury, unless the employer, or the employee's foreman, superintendent, or manager has written notice of said injury. If the employee is physically or mentally unable to provide said notice, the employee's foreman, superintendent, or manager, or any other person in charge who has written notice of said injury, shall submit such written notice to the employer. If said employee fails to report said injury in writing, such employee may lose up to one day's compensation for each day's failure to so report. Any other person who has notice of said injury may submit a written notice to the employer which report shall relieve the injured employee from reporting the accident. Any employer receiving written notice of an injury pursuant to this subsection (1.5) shall affix thereon the date and time of receipt of such notice and shall make a copy of such notice available to the injured employee within two working days following receipt of such notice.

(b) Every employer who has permission to be its own insurance carrier pursuant to section 8-44-201 or who participates in a public entity self-insurance pool pursuant to section 8-44-204 shall display at all times in a prominent place on the workplace premises a printed card with a minimum height of fourteen inches and a width of eleven inches with each letter to be a minimum of one-half inch in height, which shall read as follows:

WARNING

IF YOU ARE INJURED ON THE JOB, WRITTEN NOTICE OF YOUR INJURY MUST BE GIVEN TO YOUR EMPLOYER WITHIN FOUR WORKING DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 8-43-102 (1.5), COLORADO REVISED STATUTES.

IF THE INJURY RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, YOUR WORKERS' COMPENSATION DISABILITY BENEFITS MAY BE REDUCED BY ONE-HALF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8-42-112.5, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES.

(2) Written notice of the contraction of an occupational disease shall be given to the employer by the affected employee or by someone on behalf of the affected employee within thirty days after the first distinct manifestation thereof. In the event of death from such occupational disease, written notice thereof shall be given to the employer within thirty days after such death. Failure to give either of such notices shall be deemed waived unless objection is made at a hearing on the claim prior to any award or decision thereon. Actual knowledge by an employer in whose employment an employee was last injuriously exposed to an occupational disease of the contraction of such disease by such employee and of exposure to the conditions causing it shall be deemed notice of its contraction. If the notice required in this section is not given as provided and within the time fixed, the director may reduce the compensation that would otherwise have been payable in such manner and to such extent as the director deems just, reasonable, and proper under the existing circumstances.