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Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-506 (2026)

Employer's injury report; penalty for failure

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to report.

     (a) When an injury is reported by any employee, the
employer shall file an employer's injury report with the
division within ten (10) days after the date on which the
employer is notified of the injury and he shall mail or deliver
a copy of the report to the employee. The employer's injury
report shall be certified and shall contain any information
provided by rules and regulations adopted by the director. The
employer shall state on the injury report that either the injury
is:

            (i)    Compensable and under the jurisdiction of this
act; or

            (ii)    Not compensable under this act and the reasons
therefor.

    (b)     Repealed by Laws 1996, ch. 82, § 2.

     (c) Willful failure or gross negligence to report
occurrences causing injury to any of his employees by an
employer is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than
seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), imprisonment for not more
than six (6) months, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1998–2013 · leading case: Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008).
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Worker's Comp. Claim of Decker v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Med. Comm'n, 2008 WY 100 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 4× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-501 (LexisNexis 2007); Wyo.”
Torres v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers'Saf. & Comp. Div., 2005 WY 7 (Wyo. 2005). · cites it 2× “W.S. § 27-14-506(c). The report must be filed with the Division; it shall be on the required form, dated, signed by the employer or employer’s authorized representative and shall contain the following information: (a) The worker’s date of hire and job title; (b) A statement of…”
Mitchell v. State Rec. Comm'n Snowmobile Trails, 968 P.2d 37 (Wyo. 1998). “Mitchell argues, in the alternative, that the employer and the Division should be estopped from asserting the statute of limitations as a defense because the employer did not comply with the reporting requirements in W.”
In the Matter of the Worker's Comp. Claim of: Nicolle Heikkila, an Emp. of Signal Mountain Lodge v. Signal Mountain Lodge, 2013 WY 23 (Wyo. 2013). · cites it 2× “[T11] The appellant also makes a seemingly unrelated argument that Signal Mountain Lodge cannot be an "employer" for purposes of the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act and, therefore, no valid employer submitted a valid injury report as required by Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27-14-506 (a)…”
— Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-506(a) — 1 case
Mitchell v. State Rec. Comm'n Snowmobile Trails, 968 P.2d 37 (Wyo. 1998). “Mitchell argues, in the alternative, that the employer and the Division should be estopped from asserting the statute of limitations as a defense because the employer did not comply with the reporting requirements in W.”
— Wyo. Stat. § 27-14-506(c) — 1 case
Torres v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Workers'Saf. & Comp. Div., 2005 WY 7 (Wyo. 2005). “W.S. § 27-14-506(c). The report must be filed with the Division; it shall be on the required form, dated, signed by the employer or employer’s authorized representative and shall contain the following information: (a) The worker’s date of hire and job title; (b) A statement of…”
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