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Employees Compensation Act

Section:10-A :Statements Regarding Fatal Accidents

Obligation : To submit a statement regarding a fatal accident to a worker and deposit compensation if necessary

Type:Trigger Frequency: Quarterly

Action to be taken:
If the Commissioner requests the employer to submit information about a fatal accident to a worker, submit within 30 days of the service of the notice, the details in the prescribed form giving the circumstances of the death of the workman and indicating whether the employer is liable to deposit compensation on account of the death

Audit Requirement:
Has a statement regarding a fatal accident to a worker been submitted in the prescribed form within 30 days to the Commissioner on request ?

Supporting Documents:
Copies of Requests and Statements

Related Triggers:
Accident Causing Death
Death Of An Employee

Related Keywords:
Accident
Death of Employee
Fatal Accident
Workmens Compensation

Related Sections:
Employees Compensation Act, 1923
Chapter:Employees Compensation| 10-A:Power to require from employers statements regarding fatal accidents:
(1) Where a Commissioner receives information from any source that a employee has died as a result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, he may send by registered post a notice to the employees employer requiring him to submit, within thirty days of the service of the notice, a statement, in the prescribed form, giving the circumstances attending the death of the employee, and indicating whether, in the opinion of the employer, he is or is not liable to deposit compensation on account of the death.

(2) If the employer is of opinion that he is liable to deposit compensation, he shall make the deposit within thirty days of the service of the notice.

(3) If the employer is of opinion that he is not liable to deposit compensation, he shall in his statement indicate the grounds on which he disclaims liability.

(4) Where the employer has so disclaimed liability, the Commissioner, after such enquiry as he may think fit, may inform any of the dependants of the deceased employee that it is open to the dependants to prefer a claim for compensation, and may give them such other further information as he may think fit.