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• the competent person identified by the employer to receive and record information on
occupational accidents, occupational diseases, commuting accidents, dangerous occurrences
and incidents.

The employer should provide appropriate information to workers or their representatives on
all occupational accidents, occupational diseases, dangerous occurrences and incidents in the
enterprise, as well as commuting accidents, to assist workers and employers to reduce the risk
of exposure to similar events.

Notification of Occupational Accidents

All occupational accidents should be notified, as required by national laws or regulations, to the
competent authority, the labour inspectorate, the appropriate insurance institution, or any other
body

• after reporting of an occupational accident causing loss of life

• within a prescribed time for other occupational accidents.

Notification should be made within such time as may be specified, and in prescribed specific
forms, such as:

• an accident report for the labour inspectorate

• a compensation report for the insurance institution
• a report for the statistics-producing body

• a single form which contains all essential data for all bodies.

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