Accident investigation

Cases of damage to the health of employees related to their work and resulting in disability or death are subject to investigation, as well as:

persons studying in educational institutions, during their professional practice;
military personnel, employees of special state bodies involved in performing work not related to military service, service in special state bodies;
persons involved in labor in places of deprivation of liberty and by court verdict;
personnel of paramilitary and other specialized professional emergency rescue services and formations in the field of civil protection, paramilitary security, members of voluntary teams to eliminate the consequences of accidents, natural disasters, to save human life and property.

Are subject to accounting as accidents related to labor activity, damage to the health of employees related to the performance of labor duties, or the commission of other actions on their own initiative in the interests of the employer, resulting in disability or death, if they occurred:

before the beginning or at the end of working hours when preparing and putting in order the workplace, production tools, personal protective equipment and other actions;
during working hours at the workplace, along the route of an employee whose activity is associated with movement between service facilities, including on the instructions of the employer, as well as during a business trip in the performance of work duties;
when traveling to the place of work or from work in a vehicle provided by the employer;
on a personal vehicle with the written consent of the employer for the right to use it for official purposes;
when performing actions on their own initiative in the interests of the employer;
along the route of shift workers from the place of collection (residence during the shift period) to work or back in a vehicle provided by the employer.

Are not subject to accounting as accidents related to work, damage to the health of employees, during the investigation of which it is objectively established that they occurred:

when the victim performs work or other actions on his own initiative that are not part of the functional duties of the employee and are not related to the employer's interest, including during the period of shift rest when working in shifts, a break for rest and eating;
in the case when the main cause was a state of alcoholic intoxication, the use of toxic and narcotic substances by the victim (their analogues);
as a result of intentional (intentional) harm to their health, as well as when the victim commits a criminal offense;
due to a sudden deterioration in the health of the victim, not related to the impact of production factors, confirmed by a medical report.

The investigation of cases of occupational diseases is carried out by the employer together with the state body in the field of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population.

Special investigation is subject to:

accidents related to work, with a serious or fatal outcome;
group work-related accidents that occurred simultaneously with two or more employees, regardless of the severity of the victims' work injuries;
group cases of acute poisoning.

A special investigation of an accident related to work is carried out by a commission established within twenty-four hours by the local labor inspection body from the moment of receipt of an opinion on the severity of an industrial injury, consisting of the following:

Chairman – State Labor Inspector;
members are the employer and employee representative.

Monitoring of occupational injuries

Monitoring results are summarized quarterly. According to the monitoring results, the following information is displayed:

number of accidents, including group accidents;
the number of victims, including fatalities;
types of incidents;
causes of accidents;
industry affiliation of companies with occupational injuries;
the coefficient of the number of victims per 1000 employees.