Injury at work: what you need to know the employee and the employer

Injury at work is an unpleasant thing, its cause is non-compliance with labor protection requirements. Trauma in production occurs, as a rule, instantly or for a short period of time (poisoning, burns, frostbite). A synonym for this concept is the term "accident". Depending on the reasons that caused it, a trauma in the workplace can be:

• Mechanical (fractures, dislocations, bruises);
• Chemical (burns, poisoning);
• Thermal (frostbite, burns);
• Electric (burns, fibrillation of the heart, stopping breathing);
• Radiation (radiation burns).

By severity they can be divided into microtraumas, with temporary disability, unfortunate cases requiring investigation, group, with severe outcome, with fatal outcome.

If there is a trauma in the workplace, the employer must immediately provide first aid to the injured person, if necessary, deliver it to a medical facility. After that, the employer needs to form a commission to investigate the incident (with the participation of the trade union), before starting it, it is necessary to ensure the preservation of the situation in the workplace, equipment and equipment in the form in which they were at the time of the incident.

About the incident, if it is a group, fatal or disability-leading accident, you should inform the prosecutor's office, executive authorities, state labor inspectorate, state supervision bodies (if the organization is supervised). At the request of the victim or his relatives, a representative may be included in the commission. The result of the investigation is a special act (H-1).

An accident may not be recognized as related to the production, if it occurred as a result of intoxication (not related to the activities of the organization).

What does the employee need if there is a trauma in the production? Payment includes various components defined by law. The main points are: a temporary disablement allowance and monthly insurance payments in connection with occupational disease or occupational injury. When an industrial injury occurred , payment to the victim may include compensation for the cost of medicines, travel to the place of receipt of social and medical assistance, payment for personal care, rehabilitation costs, and the manufacture and repair of prostheses. In the absence of contraindications to driving, in the presence of certain medical indications, a person is provided with a vehicle and the expenses for its maintenance and maintenance are compensated.

In addition, a person can claim compensation for moral damage and compensation for the cost of professional retraining. Due to the fact that the payments put to the victim by law are now carried out by the FSS, and not the employer, the guarantee of their receipt has become higher than before. For their registration it will be required to present certain documents (act H-1, certificates of wages, work record book, checks, contracts, etc.).