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[CITE: 5USC8119]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
               CHAPTER 81--COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES
 
                         SUBCHAPTER I--GENERALLY
 
Sec. 8119. Notice of injury or death

    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 section 8133 of this title, or someone on his behalf. A 
notice of injury or death shall--
        (a) be given within 30 days after the injury or death;
        (b) be given to the immediate superior of the employee by 
    personal delivery or by depositing it in the mail properly stamped 
    and addressed;
        (c) be in writing;
        (d) state the name and address of the employee;
        (e) state the year, month, day, and hour when and the particular 
    locality where the injury or death occurred;
        (f) state the cause and nature of the injury, or, in the case of 
    death, the employment factors believed to be the cause; and
        (g) be signed by and contain the address of the individual 
    giving the notice.

(Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 543; Pub. L. 93-416, 
Sec. 12(a), Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1146.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                    Revised Statutes and
     Derivation                U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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(a)................  5 U.S.C. 765.                 Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                                                    458, Sec.  15, 39
                                                    Stat. 746.
                     5 U.S.C. 766.                 Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                                                    458, Sec.  16, 39
                                                    Stat. 746.
(b)................  5 U.S.C. 767.                 Sept. 7, 1916, ch.
                                                    458, Sec.  17, 39
                                                    Stat. 746.
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    Subsection (b)(2) is added on authority of former section 770, which 
is carried into section 8122, to complete the coverage of this section.
    Administration of this subchapter was transferred to the Secretary 
of Labor by section 1 of 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 19, 64 Stat. 1271 (see 
section 8145).
    Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable 
and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.


                               Amendments

    1974--Pub. L. 93-416 substituted ``or death'' for ``; failure to 
give'' in section catchline, struck out designation of subsec. (a), 
redesignated cls. (1) to (7) as (a) to (g), and, as so redesignated, 
inserted provisions relating to notice of death and substituted ``30 
days'' for ``48 hours'' in cl. (a), and struck out subsec. (b) relating 
to allowance of compensation.


                    Effective Date of 1974 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-416 effective Sept. 7, 1974, and applicable 
to any injury or death occurring on or after Sept. 7, 1974, see section 
28(a) of Pub. L. 93-416, set out as a note under section 8101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8122 of this title.
