Reporting, recording, notification and investigation of occupational accidents and diseases

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11. Reporting, recording, notification and investigation of

occupational accidents and diseases

General provisions

232. Reporting, recording, notification and investigation of occupational

accidents and diseases should be undertaken to:

(a) provide reliable information about occupational accidents and diseases at

enterprise and national level;

(b) identify major safety and health problems arising from forestry activities;

(c) define priorities of action;

(d) evolve effective methods for dealing with occupational accidents and diseases;

(e) monitor the effectiveness of measures taken to secure satisfactory levels of

safety and health.

233. The competent authorities should in particular:

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

occurrences and incidents are subject to requirements for reporting, recording,

notification and investigation;

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

between the various authorities and bodies.

234. Workers and their representatives should be given appropriate information

by the employers concerning the arrangements for reporting, recording and

notification of information about accidents and occupational diseases.

Occurrences subject to reporting and notification

235. The following should be subject to reporting and notification:

(a) all fatal accidents;

(b) occupational accidents causing loss of working time, other than insignificant

loss;

(c) all occupational diseases included in a national list or covered by the definition

of such diseases affecting any person, whether employed or self-employed.

236. For the purposes of internal safety and health management, recording at

enterprise level should be extended beyond the requirements stipulated above to

cover commuting accidents, dangerous occurrences and accidents not causing loss

of working time.

Practice of reporting, recording, notification and investigation

237. The reporting, recording, notification and investigation of occupational

accidents and diseases should follow standardized procedures to ensure the

collection of reliable information.