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If an accident occurs during the use of work equipment and a person is seriously injured or killed, you as the employer must report this to the occupational health and safety authority.

This applies to accidents involving the following work equipment

• elevator systems
• pressurized systems
• Installations in potentially explosive atmospheres
• cranes
• liquid gas systems
• Mechanical equipment for event technology

If an accident occurs during the use of work equipment and a person is seriously injured or killed, you as the employer must report this to the occupational health and safety authority.

This applies to accidents involving the following work equipment

• elevator systems
• pressurized systems
• Installations in potentially explosive atmospheres
• cranes
• liquid gas systems
• mechanical equipment for event technology

The competent authority must be notified immediately of any accident in which a person has been killed or seriously injured.

• You are the employer
• the following work equipment is involved:
  • elevator systems
  • pressurized systems
  • Installations in potentially explosive atmospheres
  • cranes
  • Liquid gas systems
  • Mechanical equipment for event technology

Informal notification with the following details:

• Address of the company
• Address of the business premises or construction/assembly site at the incident location
• Date of the incident
• Type of incident (e.g. explosion, media leak, crash)
• Number of persons injured, number of persons killed
• Work equipment involved
• Approved monitoring body involved (for installations requiring monitoring in accordance with Annex 2 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health)
• Agency involved in determining the cause (for work equipment in accordance with Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health)
• Brief description of the incident and the damage that occurred (including photos and videos)Measures already initiated by the employer

The occupational health and safety authority may also request the following information from you:

• Risk assessment
• Proof that a competent person has prepared the risk assessment
• Details of the persons responsible
• Details of the protective measures taken
• Proof of regular instruction of employees
• Operating instructions

Informal notification with the following details:

• Address of the company
• Address of the business premises or construction/assembly site at the incident location
• Date of the incident
• Type of incident (e.g. explosion, media leak, crash)
• Number of persons injured, number of persons killed
• Work equipment involved
• Approved monitoring body involved (for installations requiring monitoring in accordance with Annex 2 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health)
• Agency involved in determining the cause (for work equipment in accordance with Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health)
• Brief description of the incident and the damage that occurred (including photos and videos)Measures already initiated by the employer

The occupational health and safety authority may also request the following information from you:

• Risk assessment
• Proof that a competent person has prepared the risk assessment
• Details of the persons responsible
• Details of the protective measures taken
• Proof of regular instruction of employees
• Operating instructions

The notification must contain the following information:

• Details of the person,
• their work area,
• Description of the course of the accident

There are no costs.

There are no costs.

There are no fees or expenses.

• Submit the notification of the incident to the competent authority immediately with all the necessary information.
• The competent authority will inform you whether further documents (e.g. an assessment by an approved inspection body) are required.

• Submit the notification of the incident to the competent authority immediately with all the necessary information.
• The competent authority will inform you whether further documents (e.g. an assessment by an approved inspection body) are required.

The notification can be made online.

You must report the accident immediately.

State Office for Occupational Safety, Consumer Protection and Health (LAVG)

Occupational Safety and Health Department

• § Section 19(1)(1) of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (BetrSichV)
• § Section 19 (1) no. 1 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (BetrSichV)
• § Section 19(1)(1) of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (BetrSichV)

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Transformation and Digitalization Rhineland-Palatinate (MASTD)