Employers are required to send an Employer’s First Report of Injury or Occupational Disease to the Office of Workers’ Compensation within 10 days from the date of injury or death or from the date employer has knowledge of the injury or disease. Employers’ are further required to concurrently send a copy of the Employer’s First Report of Injury or Occupational Disease along with a copy of the Employee’s Rights and Obligations information sheet to the employee or employee’s next of kin by certified mail, return receipt requested. Failure or refusal to send such reports shall subject the employer to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.