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Ensuring operational safety - Reporting an accident/incident involving the use of certain work equipment

Service Description

If an accident occurs during the use of work equipment and a person is killed or seriously injured or if damage has occurred in which

  • components or
  • safety equipment

have failed, you as the employer must report this to the relevant health and safety authority.

Process flow

  • 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 monitoring body) are required.

Who should I contact?

Please contact the responsible occupational health and safety authority or trade supervisory authority.

Requirements

You are the employer and the following work equipment is involved in the accident or damage event:

  • Elevator systems
  • pressurized systems
  • Installations in potentially explosive atmospheres
  • cranes
  • Liquid gas systems
  • Mechanical equipment for event technology

Which documents are required?

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)
  • involved body for 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 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

What are the fees?

Fee: free of charge

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

You must report the accident immediately.

Legal basis

What else should I know?

This notification is not an accident report in accordance with the Fourth Social Security Code to the accident insurance institution responsible for you.

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Thuringian Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Labor and Family

Professionally released on

20.02.2025

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

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