All City employees witnessing any accident whereby
any person sustains a personal injury or damage to property which
may have been caused by any act of any officer or employee of the City
or which may have been caused by the condition of any street, sidewalk
or public way in the City or which may have been caused in or by the
operation or use of any property, machinery, tools or implements belonging
to the City shall, forthwith and within 48 hours thereafter, file
with the head of the department in which they are employed a written
report of the facts out of which said accident arose and describing
the time when, the particular place where and the circumstances under
which the damages or injuries were sustained, together with the names
of all persons, with their places of residence, who witnessed the
said accident.
The making and filing of such report shall not
be construed as determining or tending to determine the liability
of the City therefor.
All heads of departments shall, upon the receipt
of a written report of an accident as aforesaid, cause a copy thereof
to be forthwith filed in the office of the Corporation Counsel.
All heads of departments shall cause this chapter
to be brought to the immediate attention of all City employees in
their respective departments.