Government Decree No 322 / 2025 Coll.
Government regulation on employer's obligations in accidents at work
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322
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
of 20 August 2025
on the employer's obligations in relation to accidents at work
The Government orders pursuant to § 105 (7) of Act No. 262 / 2006 Coll., Labour Code, as amended by Act No. 185 / 2011 Coll., Act No. 365 / 2011 Coll. and Act No. 318 / 2025 Coll.:
This Regulation implements the relevant provisions of the European Union1), builds upon the directly applicable provisions of the European Union2) and regulates the manner and formalities for the registration of accidents, the notification of an accident at work and the transmission of a record of an accident at work, the breakdown of accidents at work and the range of authorities and persons reporting an accident at work and the transmission of a record of an accident at work.
Breakdown of accidents at work
Work accidents are subdivided into
(a) a fatal accident at work, meaning that the damage to health resulting from the accident on which the staff member has died no later than 1 year after the date of the accident at work,
(b) a serious accident at work which means an accident which is sustained by the hospitalisation of an employee affected by an accident of more than 5 consecutive calendar days, or where, due to the nature of the injury, such a period of hospitalisation is to be assumed, or a life-threatening or mass-scale accident under another legislation governing the safety and health of workers at work and the safety of operations in the mining and mining activity and in the activity carried out by the mineralway3);
(c) an accident at work which has injured a staff member with a temporary incapacity of more than 3 calendar days, and which is not serious or fatal;
(d) an accident at work for which temporary incapacity for work has not been caused or temporary incapacity for work not exceeding 3 calendar days.
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(1) The employer shall keep a record of all accidents in the injury book (4) in electronic or paper form. The record shall contain the following information:
(a) the name and, where applicable, the names and surnames (hereinafter referred to as "the name") of the accident of the disabled employee (5);
(b) the date and time of the accident;
(c) the place where the accident occurred;
(d) the activity in which the accident occurred;
(e) the total number of persons injured;
(f) the type of injury and the injured part of the body referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation, if this information is known to the employer,
(g) a description of the accident,
(h) the type of accident referred to in Article 2;
(i) the source of the injury;
(j) causes of injury;
(k) the names of the witnesses to the accident; and
(l) the name and working title of the person who recorded the data.
(2) Where an accident occurred by an injured worker (Sess6) or temporarily assigned 7) to another employer and an accident occurred with that employer, that employer shall notify the accident to the employer without undue delay by accident of the affected worker. The data referred to in paragraph 1 shall be recorded in the accident books by both employers.
(3) The employer shall, at his request, issue a certified copy or extract of the accident data from the accident report. In the event of a fatal accident, the employer shall issue such documents to the members of the family of the staff member at their request.
Notification of an accident at work and sending an alert on an accident at work
The notification of an accident at work and the transmission of a record of an accident at work to the relevant Regional Labour Inspectorate or to the relevant Regional Mining Authority pursuant to Articles 5 (1) and 6 (1) shall be made electronically by the employer through the Portal of the State Office of the Labour Inspection (hereinafter referred to as "the Office Portal '), with the formalities laid down in Annexes 2 and 3 to this Regulation and in the format and structure published by that Office.
Notification of an accident at work
(1) The employer shall report a serious or fatal accident at work through the Office's portal without undue delay
(a) the Regional Labour Inspectorate, according to the place where the accident at work occurred, where, under another legislation (8), it, the staff, the natural or legal person or their activities are subject to the jurisdiction of the labour inspection authorities; or
(b) the Regional Mining Authority, according to the place where the accident at work occurred, if its activity, workplace or technical establishment is subject to the supervision of the authorities of the State Mining Administration in accordance with another legislation9).
(2) The employer shall report an accident at work to the trade union organisation and representatives in the field of occupational safety and health (10) without undue delay if he is working with the employer.
(3) The employer shall declare an accident at work without undue delay to the competent department of the Police of the Czech Republic according to the place where the accident at work occurred, if they indicate that a criminal offence has been committed in connection with the accident at work or in the event of a fatal accident at work.
(4) The employer shall report an accident at work without undue delay to the health insurance undertaking with which the worker was insured when the accident occurred.
(5) The notification referred to in paragraphs 2 to 4 shall be sent by the employer electronically or in paper form. Annex 2 to this Regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis to the details of the notification.
Sending an alert on an accident at work
(1) The employer shall send, through the Office's portal, a record of the accident at work, with the exception of the accident at work referred to in Article 2 (d), no later than 15 working days after the date on which he became aware of the accident at work,
(a) the Regional Labour Inspectorate, according to the place where the accident at work occurred, where, under another legislation (8), it, the staff, the natural or legal person or their activities are subject to the jurisdiction of the labour inspection authorities; or
(b) the Regional Mining Authority, according to the place where the accident at work occurred, if its activity, workplace or technical establishment is subject to the supervision of the authorities of the State Mining Administration in accordance with another legislation9).
(2) For the purpose of ensuring the signature of accidents at work of the affected employee, witnesses, representatives of workers for safety and health at work, representatives of the trade union organisation and employer, the employer shall print the record of the accident at work referred to in paragraph 1 from the Office's portal and have it signed or stored electronically and shall ensure that it is signed by recognised electronic signatures. The employer shall keep a signed record of the worker's accident at work for 10 years.
(3) After a copy of the record of the accident at work referred to in paragraph 2, the employer shall, without undue delay, forward the accident to the worker, the workers' representatives for safety and health at work and the representatives of the trade union organisation, if they are working with the employer. In the event of a fatal accident at work, he shall forward a copy to the family members of the accident at the staff member concerned.
The employer shall send the record of the accident at work referred to in Article 6 (2) electronically or in paper form no later than 15 working days from the date on which he became aware of the accident at work,
(a) the territorial competent department of the Police of the Czech Republic, according to the place where the accident at work occurred, indicates that a criminal offence has been committed in connection with the accident at work or in the event of a fatal accident at work;
(b) a health insurance undertaking with which the worker has been insured in the event of an accident at work.
The employer shall send the record of the accident at work referred to in Article 6 (2) electronically or in paper form for the purpose of the liquidation of claims due to the statutory insurance of the employer's liability for accidents at work or occupational disease as well as to the organisational unit of the insurance undertaking with which he is insured for this purpose.
Updating the record of an accident at work
(1) If the employer becomes aware of the facts leading to a change in the data contained in the posted job accident alert referred to in Article 6 (1), he shall update the record of the work accident in the Office portal without undue delay and send it through the Office portal to the Regional Labour Inspectorate or the Regional Mining Office according to the place where the work accident occurred.
(2) Paragraph 6 to 8 on the alert on an accident at work applies mutatis mutandis to the updated alert on an accident at work.
Transitional provision
The employer's obligations in the event of an accident at work before the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall be governed by Government Regulation No 201 / 2010 Coll., as effective before the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Repeal
They shall be deleted:
1. Government Decree No. 201 / 2010 Coll., on the method of recording accidents, reporting and sending an accident record.
2. Government Regulation No. 170 / 2014 Coll., amending Government Regulation No. 201 / 2010 Coll., on the method of recording accidents, reporting and sending an accident record.
Efficacy
This Regulation shall take effect on 1 January 2026.
Prime Minister:
Prof. PhDr. Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M., v. r.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Labour and Social Affairs:
Ing. Jurečka v. r.
Příloha č. 1
Annex No 1
Classification of type of injury and for the injured part of the body
(A) GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE SPECIES OF SURVEILLANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE METHODS OF EUROPEAN STATISTICS OF WORKING INJURY (ESAW) [COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 349 / 2011 of 11 April 2011, Article 2 (1)]
| Číselný kód | druh zranění |
|---|---|
| 000 | Neznámý nebo neurčený druh zranění |
| 010 | Rány a povrchová zranění |
| 011 | Povrchové zranění |
| 012 | Otevřené rány |
| 019 | Jiné typy ran a povrchových zranění |
| 020 | Zlomeniny kostí |
| 021 | Zavřené zlomeniny |
| 022 | Otevřené zlomeniny |
| 029 | Jiné typy zlomenin kostí |
| 030 | Vykloubení, vyvrtnutí, natažení |
| 031 | Vykloubení nebo neúplné vykloubení |
| 032 | Vyvrtnutí nebo natažení |
| 039 | Jiné typy vykloubení, vyvrtnutí, natažení |
| 040 | Traumatická amputace (ztráta části těla) |
| 050 | Otřes mozku a vnitřní zranění |
| 051 | Otřes mozku a vnitrolebeční zranění |
| 052 | Vnitřní zranění |
| 059 | Jiné typy otřesů mozku a vnitřních zranění |
| 060 | Popáleniny, opařeniny a omrzliny |
| 061 | Popáleniny a opařeniny (tepelné) |
| 062 | Chemické popáleniny (poleptání) |
| 063 | Omrzliny |
| 069 | Jiné typy popálenin, opařenin a omrzlin |
| 070 | Otravy a infekce |
| 071 | Akutní otravy |
| 072 | Akutní infekce |
| 079 | Jiné typy otrav a infekcí |
| 080 | Tonutí a dušení |
| 081 | Dušení |
| 082 | Tonutí bez smrtelných následků |
| 089 | Jiné typy tonutí a dušení |
| 090 | Účinky zvuku, vibrací a tlaku |
| 091 | Akutní ztráta sluchu |
| 092 | Působení tlaku (barotrauma) |
| 099 | Jiné účinky zvuku, vibrací a tlaku |
| 100 | Účinky extrémních teplot, světla a ozáření |
| 101 | Úpal z tepla a slunečního záření |
| 102 | Účinky ozáření (netepelné) |
| 103 | Účinky snížené teploty |
| 109 | Jiné účinky extrémních teplot, světla a ozáření |
| 110 | Šok |
| 111 | Šoky po agresích a hrozbách |
| 112 | Traumatické šoky |
| 119 | Jiné typy šoků |
| 120 | Vícenásobné zranění |
| 999 | Jiná specifická zranění nezahrnutá do jiných kategorií |
(B) GENERAL CLASSIFICATION FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PART BY THE METHODOLOGY OF EUROPEAN STATISTICS OF WORKING INJURY (ESAW) [COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 349 / 2011 of 11 April 2011, Article 2 (1)]
| Číselný kód | zraněná část těla |
|---|---|
| 00 | Zraněná část těla nespecifikovaná |
| 10 | Hlava bez podrobnějšího rozlišení, dále nespecifikovaná |
| 11 | Hlava, mozek, lebeční nervy a cévy |
| 12 | Tvář |
| 13 | Oko |
| 14 | Ucho |
| 15 | Zuby |
| 18 | Hlava - více postižených oblastí |
| 19 | Hlava - jiné části výše neuvedené |
| 20 | Krk včetně páteře a krčních obratlů |
| 21 | Krk včetně páteře a krčních obratlů |
| 29 | Krk - jiné části dosud neuvedené |
| 30 | Záda včetně páteře a zádových obratlů |
| 31 | Záda včetně páteře a zádových obratlů |
| 39 | Záda - jiné části výše neuvedené |
| 40 | Trup a orgány bez podrobnějšího rozlišení |
| 41 | Hrudní koš, žebra včetně kloubů a lopatek |
| 42 | Oblast hrudníku včetně orgánů |
| 43 | Pánevní a břišní oblast včetně orgánů |
| 48 | Trup - více postižených oblastí |
| 49 | Trup - jiné části výše neuvedené |
| 50 | Horní končetiny bez podrobnějšího rozlišení |
| 51 | Rameno a ramenní klouby |
| 52 | Ruka včetně lokte |
| 53 | Ruka od zápěstí dolů |
| 54 | Prst |
| 55 | Zápěstí |
| 58 | Horní končetiny - více postižených oblastí |
| 59 | Horní končetiny - jiné části výše neuvedené |
| 60 | Dolní končetiny bez podrobnějšího rozlišení |
| 61 | Bedra, bederní klouby |
| 62 | Noha včetně kolena |
| 63 | Kotník |
| 64 | Noha od kotníku dolů |
| 65 | Prst na noze |
| 68 | Dolní končetiny - více postižených oblastí |
| 69 | Dolní končetiny - jiné části výše neuvedené |
| 70 | Celé tělo a více oblastí bez podrobnějšího rozlišení |
| 71 | Celé tělo (systémové účinky) |
| 78 | Tělo - více postižených oblastí |
| 79 | Tělo - jiná zraněná část těla výše neuvedená |
Příloha č. 2
Annex No 2
Forms of notification of an accident at work
I. Information on the employer by accident of the disabled employee
(a) name,
(b) an ICO or date of birth, unless the person assigned an ICO,
(c) the address of the registered office, the fissile plant or the address of the place of residence.
II. Data on accidents suffered by staff
(a) name,
(b) the date of birth;
(c) sex;
(d) citizenship;
(e) the address of the place of stay and the address of service if different;
(f) the relationship of the employee with the employer
1. in employment,
2. in service,
3. in a legal relationship based on a non-employment agreement,
4. a person performing activities or providing services outside the employment relationship (§ 12 of Act No. 309 / 2006 Coll.); or
5. others,
(g) the date on which the legal relationship under Part II (f) (1) to (3) arises.
III. The address of the workplace or other place where the accident occurred if different from the employer's seat.
IV. Characteristics of the workplace or other place where the accident occurred.
V. Activities involving an accident at work.
VI. Type of employee of the work carried out by the Employment Classification Group (CZ- ISCO) (a).
VII. I. Data on accidents at work
(a) the date and time of the accident at work;
(b) in the event of a fatal accident at work, the date of death;
(c) the type of injury identified in accordance with Annex 1 to this Regulation;
(d) the injured part of the body marked in accordance with Annex 1 to this Regulation;
(e) the number of persons injured in total;
(f) whether there is a mass accident at work.
VIII. Description of the accident, location, causes and circumstances in which the accident occurred.
IX. Data on the person reporting the accident at work for the employer
(a) name,
(b) telephone number and e-mail address,
(c) employment or relationship with the employer.
a) Communication from the Czech Statistical Office No. 206 / 2010 Coll., on the introduction of the Classification of Employment (CZ- ISCO), as amended.
Příloha č. 3
Annex No 3
Forms of an alert on an accident at work
I. Information on the employer by accident of the disabled employee
(a) name,
(b) an ICO or date of birth, unless the person assigned an ICO,
(c) the address of the registered office, fissile plant or the address of the place of residence;
(d) the employer's economic activity according to the Classification of Economic Activities (CZ-NACE) (b) in which the accident occurred.
II. If the accident did not become an accident at the employer's place of work for the employee affected, the details of the body in whose place the accident occurred
(a) name,
(b) an ICO or date of birth, unless the person assigned an ICO,
(c) the address of the registered office, fissile plant or the address of the place of residence;
(d) economic activity according to the Classification of Economic Activities (CZ-NACE) (b) in which the accident occurred.
III. Data on accidents affecting workers
(a) name,
(b) the date of birth;
(c) sex;
(d) citizenship;
(e) the address of the place of stay and the address of service if different;
(f) the relationship of the employee with the employer
1. in employment,
2. in service,
3. in a legal relationship based on a non-employment agreement,
4. a person performing activities or providing services outside the employment relationship (§ 12 of Act No. 309 / 2006 Coll.); or
5. others,
(g) the date on which the legal relationship was established pursuant to point (f) of Part III (1) to (3);
(h) information on the type of work performed by the staff member according to the employment classification groups (CZ- ISCO) and),
(i) the duration of temporary incapacity for work as a result of an accident.
IV. Activity in which an accident at work occurred.
V. Address of the workplace or other place where the accident occurred.
VI. Characteristics of the workplace or other place where the accident occurred.
VII. Data on accidents at work
(a) the type of accident at work according to the breakdown referred to in Article 2;
(b) the date and time of the accident at work;
(c) in the event of a fatal accident at work, the date of death by accident at the staff member concerned;
(d) the type of injury referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation;
(e) the injured part of the body referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation;
(f) the number of persons injured in total;
(g) the source of the accident at work;
(h) the cause of the accident at work;
(i) information on whether this is a mass accident at work.
VIII. Description of the accident, location, causes and circumstances in which the accident occurred.
IX. Information on whether the alcohol has been checked for accidents and, where appropriate, the result of that check.
X. Information on whether the presence of other addictive substances has been checked for accidents at the affected worker and, where appropriate, the result of that check.
XI. Regulations which have been infringed in connection with a work accident and by whom they have been infringed.
XII. Measures taken to prevent recurrence of an accident at work.
XIII. Expression of accidents caused by the employee affected, witnesses to the accident at work and representatives of workers for safety and health at work and representatives of the trade union organisation if they are working with the employer.
XIV. Data on the person reporting the accident at work for the employer
(a) name,
(b) telephone number and e-mail address,
(c) employment or relationship with the employer.
XV. Date of record of the accident at work and name
(a) an accident at the affected staff member;
(b) representatives of workers for occupational safety and health, if they are working with the employer;
(c) a representative of the trade union, if he is working with the employer; and
(d) the employer by accident at the staff member;
who shall sign the alert in accordance with Article 6 (2).
b) Communication from the Czech Statistical Office No. 244 / 2007 Coll., on the introduction of the Classification of Economic Activities (CZ-NACE).
1) Council Directive 89 / 391 / EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882 / 2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003, Directive 2007 / 30 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1137 / 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008. Council Directive 2009 / 13 / EC of 16 February 2009 implementing the Agreement to the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 concluded by the European Community Maritime Vessel Operators Association (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) and amending Directive 1999 / 63 / EC, as amended by Council Directive (EU) 2018 / 131. Council Directive 92 / 91 / EEC of 3 November 1992 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health of workers in the drilling industry (eleventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89 / 391 / EEC), as amended by Directive 2007 / 30 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Council Directive 92 / 104 / EEC of 3 December 1992 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health of workers in the surface and deep-sea mining industry (12th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89 / 391 / EEC), as amended by Directive 2007 / 30 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Council Directive 2010 / 32 / EU of 10 May 2010 implementing the Framework Agreement on the prevention of sharp injuries in hospitals and other healthcare establishments concluded between HOSPEEM and EPSO.
2) Regulation (EC) No 1338 / 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work, as amended. Commission Regulation (EU) No 349 / 2011 of 11 April 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338 / 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work, as amended.
3) For example, Article 19 of Decree No. 26 / 1989 Coll., on safety and health at work and safety at work in mining and in mining activities on the surface, as amended, Section 21 of Decree No. 22 / 1989 Coll., on safety and health at work and safety at operation in mining activities and on mining of non-reserved minerals in the underground, as amended, Section 11 of Decree No. 55 / 1996 Coll., on requirements to ensure safety and health at work and safety at operation in mining activity in underground, as amended.
4) Paragraph 105 (2) of the Labour Code.
5) Article 13 of Act No. 309 / 2006 Coll., on the provision of further conditions of safety and health at work, as amended.
6) Article 42 of the Labour Code.
7) § 43a and § 307a of the Labour Code.
8) Article 6 of Act No. 251 / 2005 Coll., on Labour Inspection, as amended.
9) For example, § 39 (1) and (2) of Act No. 61 / 1988 Coll., on Mining Activities, Explosives and State Mining Administration, as amended.
10) Paragraph 105 (1) of the Labour Code.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Government Decree No 322 / 2025 Coll., on the obligations of employers in accidents at work |
|---|---|
| Regulation Type | Regulation |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 03.09.2025 |
|---|---|
| Effective from | 01.01.2026 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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