When to File a Report of an Injury or Illness

An employer must submit Form C-2 with the WCB and NYSIF within 10 days of the employer’s knowledge of a work-related injury, provided the injury

• has caused or will cause the injured employee’s loss of time from regular duties of one day beyond the workday or shift during which the accident occurred; or
• has required or will require medical treatment beyond ordinary first aid or more than two treatments by a person rendering first aid.

Early filing facilitated by using NYSIF eFROI^® helps lower overall claim costs by allowing NYSIF to manage the claim as soon as possible.

Employees have 30 days to give employers written notice of an injury and up to two years to file a report of an injury or illness.

The law requires employers to keep records of all accidents for at least 18 years, whether filing a report of injury or illness or not. This is in case an accident that is not reportable later becomes a claim. Form C-2 does not need to be filed with the WCB or NYSIF if the injury does not result in a claim. But it should be maintained and kept on file by the employer for all accidents that occur.

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