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Kentucky workers' comp filing deadline

Claim must be filed within 2 years from date of accident, or within 2 years from last voluntary TTD payment, whichever is later (§342.185)

PartialKRS §342.185 (notice and limitations); §342.190 (form of notice); §342.316 (occupational disease)

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Notice to employer

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Notice as soon as practicable; form prescribed by §342.190. Notice is jurisdictional under Kentucky case law.

Filing with the state

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Claim must be filed within 2 years from date of accident, or within 2 years from last voluntary TTD payment, whichever is later (§342.185)

KRS §342.185 (notice and limitations); §342.190 (form of notice); §342.316 (occupational disease)

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Statute-of-limitations rules have many exceptions that can extend or pause the clock. The most common in Kentucky:

Occupational disease — Discovery rule
OD notice within 3 years of last injurious exposure or first distinct manifestation (§342.316). For repetitive trauma, employee must give notice within 2 years of being informed by physician that injury is work-related.
Minor tolling
Pending
Mental / disability tolling
Pending
Death claim deadline
Survivors filing for death benefits typically have 2 years from date of death. This calculator does not yet handle death claims; consult a lawyer for those.

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Primary source: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=47617