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Document ID (ISN)67835
CIS number 96-2083
ISBN(s) 92-2-109451-0 (En); 92-2-209451-4 (fr); 92-2-309451-8 (es)
Year 1996
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
International Labour Office (ILO)
Title Recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases: An ILO Code of Practice
Original title Enregistrement et déclaration des accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles: recueil de directives pratiques du BIT [in French]
Registro y declaración de accidentes de trabajo y enfermedades profesionales: resumen de directivas prácticas de la OIT [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information ILO Publications, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, 1996. xxi, 97p. 8 ref. Index. Price: CHF 20.00.
Abstract This Code of Practice was adopted by a tripartite Meeting of Experts held in Geneva from 3 to 11 Oct. 1994. Its purpose is to help with the international harmonization of the procedures for the collection, recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases. Contents: extracts from the Report of the Meeting of Experts; general provisions; policies and principles for the recording, notification and investigation of occupational accidents and diseases, dangerous occurrences and related statistics (at the national and enterprise level); legal, institutional and administrative arrangements for setting up reporting, recording and notification systems; reporting at the enterprise level; arrangements for recording; arrangements for notification; extension of systems to self-employed persons; compilation and publication of statistics; classification and investigation of occupational accidents and diseases and of dangerous occurrences. In annex: relevant ILO Conventions and Recommendations; schedules, lists and classification systems for occupational injuries and diseases, economic activities, occupations, status in employment and accidents.
Descriptors (primary) dangerous occurrences; notification of occupational accidents; ILO; accident investigation; compilation of statistics; notification of occupational diseases; standardization; health service records; safety service records
Descriptors (secondary) report; list; schedule of occupational diseases; directive; classification; comment on law; international agreements
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceILO
Subject(s) Statistics
Broad subject area(s) General safety, health and conditions of work
Browse category(ies) Accident investigation
Reporting of occupational accidents
Notification of accidents and diseases
Statistical methods
Occupational health services