Legal, institutional and administrative arrangements for setting up reporting, recording and notification systems

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3. Legal, institutional and administrative arrangements for setting

up reporting, recording and notification systems

3.1. General

3.1.1. By national laws or regulations or any other method consistent with

national conditions and practice, the competent authority, following consultations with

the most representative organizations of employers and workers, should determine

concepts and terminology concerning the recording and notification of occupational

accidents, occupational diseases, commuting accidents, dangerous occurrences and

incidents; these should be consistent with this code, and with international agreements

and recommendations, and should promote the harmonization of methodologies and the

comparability of statistics.

3.1.2. The competent authority should, in particular:

(a) specify which categories or types of occupational accidents, occupational diseases,

commuting accidents, dangerous occurrences and incidents are subject to

requirements for reporting, recording and notification;

(b) establish and apply uniform requirements and procedures for employers and

workers at the level of the enterprise, physicians, health services and other bodies,

as appropriate, regarding reporting and recording of occupational accidents, cases

and suspected cases of occupational diseases, commuting accidents, dangerous

occurrences and incidents;

(c) establish and apply uniform requirements and procedures for the notification of

occupational accidents, occupational diseases, commuting accidents and

dangerous occurrences to the competent authority, insurance institutions, labour

inspectorates, health services and other authorities and bodies directly concerned,

as appropriate;

(d) make appropriate arrangements for the necessary coordination and cooperation

between the various authorities and bodies;

(e) make appropriate arrangements for guidance to be provided to employers and

workers to help them comply with the legal obligations.

3.1.3. These requirements and procedures should be applied to all workers in all

branches of economic activity, regardless of their status in employment, and throughout

the country as a whole.

3.1.4. By national laws or regulations or any other method consistent with

national conditions and practice, the competent authority should:

(a) prescribe a list of diseases, comprising at least the diseases enumerated in the most

recent version of Schedule I to the Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964

(No. 121) (the current version as amended in 1980 is given in Annex A of this

code), which should be regarded as occupational diseases under prescribed

conditions; or