You may face serious obstacles to getting benefits if you do not report your injury as required. Insurers tend to be suspicious of injuries that are not reported promptly, and state laws provide only limited exceptions for workers who miss the deadline. However, you still may be able to get benefits if your supervisor witnessed the injury or otherwise was aware of it. You also may be able to work around missing the deadline if you were physically unable to provide notice to the employer, such as if you were in a coma and did not have anyone else who could provide notice for you. Workers’ compensation programs will be more likely to permit an exception if the employer did not suffer any harm because of the late reporting.