Injured employee to be furnished copy of his statement, otherwise inadmissible as evidence
If a worker gets hurt on the job and gives a written or recorded statement, the employer or insurance company has to give the worker a copy of it if the worker asks for one in writing. The worker has to send that request by certified mail. If the employer does not provide the copy within 30 days, that statement cannot be used against the worker in a legal hearing. Video recordings of the worker are not covered by this rule.
287.215. Injured employee to be furnished copy of his statement, otherwise in as evidence — statement, what is not to be included. — No statement in writing made or given by an injured employee, whether taken and transcribed by a stenographer, signed or unsigned by the injured employee, or any statement which is mechanically or electronically , or taken in writing by another person, or otherwise preserved, shall be , used or referred to in any manner at any or to recover benefits under this law unless a copy thereof is given or furnished the employee, or his in case of death, or their attorney, within thirty days after written request for it by the injured employee, his dependents in case of death, or by their attorney. The request shall be directed to the employer or its by . The term "statement" as used in this section shall not include a videotape, picture, or visual reproduction of an image of an employee.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1959 S.B. 167, A.L. 1965 p. 397, A.L. 1973 H.B. 215, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)
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