Report of Death or Injury.
Article 218
ART. 218. Report of Death or Injury. — (a) Within five (5) days after the employer has notice or knowledge of the occurrence of a death or an injury in the employment resulting in absence of his employee from work for a day or more, the employer shall give written notice thereof under oath and on a form prescribed by the System to the nearest regional office of the SSS or the GSIS, as the case may be, or to the Commission setting forth (1) the name, address, and business of the employer; (2) the name, address, sex, age, occupation and wage of the employee; (3) the full circumstances as to the nature and cause of the injury or death; (4) the year, month, day and hour when, and the particular place where the injury occurred; and (5) such other information as the System may prescribe by regulation. Said report shall be accompanied by a sworn certificate of the company physician or other doctor as to the nature and cause' of the injury or death and its relation to the employment, if any. Such certificate shall be made on a form prescribed by the System. Should the employer give false information or withhold any material information already in his possession, or fail or refuse to give the notice herein required without justifiable cause, he shall be held liable for damages equivalent to fifty percent (50%) of the income benefits to which the employee is entitled, which shall accrue to the System. In case of payment of benefits upon any claim later determined to be fraudulent, the employer shall reimburse the System fifty percent (50%) of such benefits if the System was misled by any false information given by the employer.