Every employed person who suffers personal injury by accident is required to report any such accident to his/her employer before leaving the place of employment and in any case not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the accident.  Every employer is required to keep an accident book in which all reported accidents are recorded.  The accident book shows the particulars required by the Social Security Board, which are as follows:

Particulars of Injured Person

1. Full name and home address;
2. Sex, age and social security number;
3. Occupation: work normally performed by the injured person;
4. Date on which employment commenced.

5. Date, time and place of accident;
6. Brief description of accident, including what exactly the injured person was doing at the time of the accident;
7. Nature of injury;
8. Name, occupation, address and signature of the person giving notice of the accident (the injured person himself/herself or some other person acting on his/her behalf);
9. Date, signature and designation of person receiving the notice;
10. Name, address and occupation of two witnesses to accident;
11. Employer's remarks, if any, on investigation;
12. Date, signature and designation of person recording the accident, if different from that at “i” above.

13. As a passenger to or from his place of work;
14. On the employer's own transport with the expressed or implied permission of the employer; or
15. On transport operated by some other person by whom it is provided in pursuance of arrangements made with the employer; or
16. In vehicle etc., operated in the ordinary course of public transport.