Tex. Lab. Code § 409.006 · Subchapter A. INJURY REPORTS, CLAIMS, AND RECORDS
RECORD OF INJURIES; ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An employer shall maintain a record of each employee injury as reported by an employee or otherwise made known to the employer.
(b) The record shall be available to the division at reasonable times and under conditions prescribed by the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner may adopt rules relating to the information that must be contained in an employer record under this section.
(d) Information contained in a record maintained under this section is not an admission by the employer that:
(1) the injury did in fact occur; or
(2) a fact maintained in the record is true.
(e) A person commits an administrative violation if the person fails to comply with this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.138, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.409.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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