Government Decree No. 494 / 2001 Coll.
Government regulations laying down the method of recording, reporting and sending an accident alert, a model of the accident record and the range of institutions and bodies reporting an accident at work and sending an accident alert
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31.12.2001
494
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
of 14 November 2001
laying down the method of recording, reporting and sending an accident alert, the model of the accident record and the range of institutions and bodies reporting an accident at work and sending an accident alert
The Government orders pursuant to § 133c (7) of Act No. 65 / 1965 Coll., Labour Code, as amended by Act No. 155 / 2000 Coll.:
The employer shall keep a record in the accident record in such a way as to contain all the information necessary to draw up the accident record. The accident record shall be drawn up by the employer no later than 5 working days after the notification of the accident at work and shall follow the model of the accident record set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
For the purposes of the notification of an accident under this Regulation, a fatal occupational injury shall be that which caused the death following the accident or the consequences of which the staff member died within one year at the latest.
(1) The employer shall report an accident at work without undue delay
(a) to the public prosecutor or local authority responsible for the Police of the Czech Republic, if they indicate that a criminal offence has been committed in connection with an accident at work,
1)
(c) the employer who sent the employee to work with him, 2)
(d) the organisational unit of the relevant insurance undertaking with which the employer is insured in the event of his / her liability for accidents at work, 3)
(e) the competent labour safety inspector, if he has been injured in the workplace, in construction and in the activities which are subject to his supervision, (4) or the competent district mining authority, if the activity, workplace or technical equipment is subject to the supervision of the chief of staff under a special law, (5) if the damage to the health of the employee is required for more than 5 days.
(2) The employer shall report a fatal accident at work without undue delay
(a) the territorial competent department of the Police of the Czech Republic,
1)
(c) the employer who sent the employee to work with him, 2)
(d) the competent labour safety inspector, where accidents have occurred at the workplace, construction sites and in the activities which are subject to his supervision, (4) or the competent district mining office, where the activity, workplace or technical equipment has been subject to the supervision of a superior body under a special law, (5)
(e) the relevant health insurance undertaking, 6)
(f) the organisational unit of the relevant insurance undertaking with which the employer is insured in the event of his / her liability for accidents at work. (3)
The employer shall send records of accidents at work for the previous calendar month by the fifth day of the following month at the latest.
(a) the competent labour safety inspector, where accidents have occurred at the workplace, construction sites and activities which are subject to his supervision, (4) or the competent district mining office, where the activity, workplace or technical equipment is subject to the supervision of a superior body under a special law, (5)
(b) the relevant health insurance undertaking. 6)
In the event of a fatal accident at work, the employer shall send a record of the accident no later than 5 working days after its notification.
(a) the territorial competent department of the Police of the Czech Republic,
(b) the competent labour safety inspector, where accidents have occurred at the workplace, construction sites and in the activities which are subject to his supervision, (4) or the competent district mining office, where the activity, workplace or technical equipment has been subject to the supervision of a superior body in accordance with a special law, (5)
(c) the relevant health insurance undertaking. 6)
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.
Prime Minister:
Ing. Zeman v. r.
1. Prime Minister and Minister for Labour and Social Affairs:
PhDr. Špidla v. r.
Annex to Government Decree No. 494 / 2001 Coll.
1) § 136a of the Labour Code.
2) Section 38 of the Labour Code.
3) Decree No. 125 / 1993 Coll., laying down the conditions and rates of the statutory liability insurance of an organisation for damage to work or occupational disease, as amended by Decree No. 43 / 1995 Coll., Decree No. 98 / 1996 Coll. and Decree No. 74 / 2000 Coll.
4) Paragraph 3 (2) (b) of Act No. 174 / 1968 Coll., on State Professional Safety Supervision.
5) Paragraph 39 (1) of Act No. 61 / 1988 Coll., on Mining Activities, Explosives and State Mining Administration, as amended by Act No. 542 / 1991 Coll. and Act No. 315 / 2001 Coll.
6) Act No. 48 / 1997 Coll., on public health insurance and amending and supplementing certain related laws, as amended by Act No. 242 / 1997 Coll., Act No. 2 / 1998 Coll., Act No. 127 / 1998 Coll., Act No. 225 / 1999 Coll., Act No. 363 / 1999 Coll., Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., Act No. 459 / 2000 Coll.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Government Decree No. 494 / 2001 Coll., laying down the method of recording, reporting and sending an accident alert, the model of the accident record and the circle of institutions and bodies reporting an accident at work and sending an accident alert |
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| Regulation Type | Regulation |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 31.12.2001 |
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| Effective from | 01.01.2002 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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