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• Investigation level
• Actions plans
• Documentation
• Legal references to breaches of law.

Recording and Reporting Requirements

Workers must report incidents internally to the management. The employer should have
arrangements in place for reporting incidents which is described in detail in the arrangements
sections of the Health and safety policy.

These arrangements should include:

• the identification of a competent person to prepare and keep records of all occupational
accidents, occupational diseases, commuting accidents, dangerous occurrences and
incidents, as required by national laws and regulations

• cooperation in recording procedures where two or more
employers engage in activities simultaneously at one
worksite, as required by national laws and regulations.

The employer should ensure that records of occupational
accidents, occupational diseases, commuting accidents,
dangerous occurrences and incidents are available and readily
retrievable at all reasonable times.

In cases in which more than one worker is injured in a single
occupational accident, a record should be made for each of
the injured workers.

Workers’ compensation insurance reports and accident
reports to be submitted for notification
are acceptable as records if they contain all the facts required for recording or are supplemented
in an appropriate manner.

For inspection purposes and as information for workers’ representatives and health services,
employers should prepare records within a period to be determined by the competent
authority, but preferably within no more than six days after reporting has occurred.

Workers while performing their work should cooperate with the employer in carrying
out the arrangements within the enterprise for recording and notification of occupational
accidents, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences.

The employer should give appropriate information to workers and their representatives
concerning:

• the arrangements for recording

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