{"data":{"id":"us/5-u.s.c.-8119","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 U.S.C. § 8119","heading":"Notice of injury or death","body":"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.","path":["Title 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 81—COMPENSATION FOR WORK INJURIES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc05@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:42Z","sha256":"df7b01dce505282dedee8ad7dc55d20a383386d15f9e0c91760c3d948486b269","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-u.s.c.-8118","next":"us/5-u.s.c.-8120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}