{"identifier":"/us/usc/t5/s8119","title":5,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8119.","heading":"Notice of injury or death","text":"\u00a7\u202f8119.\nNotice of injury or death\nAn employee injured in the performance of his duty, or someone on his behalf, shall give notice thereof. Notice of a death believed to be related to the employment shall be given by an eligible beneficiary specified in\n(a) be given within 30 days after the injury or death;\n(b) be given to the immediate superior of the employee by personal delivery or by depositing it in the mail properly stamped and addressed;\n(c) be in writing;\n(d) state the name and address of the employee;\n(e) state the year, month, day, and hour when and the particular locality where the injury or death occurred;\n(f) state the cause and nature of the injury, or, in the case of death, the employment factors believed to be the cause; and\n(g) be signed by and contain the address of the individual giving the notice.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t5/s8119.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8119","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8119."},{"t":"heading","text":"Notice of injury or death","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"An employee injured in the performance of his duty, or someone on his behalf, shall give notice thereof. Notice of a death believed to be related to the employment shall be given by an eligible beneficiary specified in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 8133 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t5/s8133","tail":", or someone on his behalf. A notice of injury or death shall\u2014"}]},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8119/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" be given within 30 days after the injury or death;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8119/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" be given to the immediate superior of the employee by personal delivery or by depositing it in the mail properly stamped and addressed;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8119/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"content","text":" be in writing;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8119/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"content","text":" state the name and address of the employee;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8119/e","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(e)"},{"t":"content","text":" state the year, month, day, and hour when and the particular locality where the injury or death occurred;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8119/f","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(f)"},{"t":"content","text":" state the cause and nature of the injury, or, in the case of death, the employment factors believed to be the cause; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t5/s8119/g","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(g)"},{"t":"content","text":" be signed by and contain the address of the individual giving the notice.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}