Accidents at work are something no one wants. However, the risks are actually many. Therefore, there are still cases of occupational accidents occurring. So what is an occupational accident? What types of occupational accidents are there? This article LawFirm.Vn will answer for you.
1. What is an occupational accident?
An occupational accident is an accident that causes damage to any part or function of the body or causes death to the employee, occurring during the working process, associated with the performance of work and tasks. labor. (According to Clause 8, Article 3 of the Law on Occupational Safety and Hygiene 2015)
2. Classification of occupational accidents
According to Article 9 of Decree 39/2016/ND-CP, occupational accidents are classified into:
– Occupational accidents kill workers.
– Occupational accidents seriously injure workers.
– Occupational accidents cause minor injuries to workers.
2.1. Occupational accidents kill workers
An occupational accident that kills a worker is an occupational accident in which the worker dies in one of the following cases:
– Died at the accident site;
– Died on the way to the emergency room or during the emergency period;
– Death during treatment or death due to recurrence of injury caused by a work accident according to the conclusion in the forensic examination record;
– The employee is declared dead according to the Court’s conclusion in the case of missing person.
2.2. Occupational accidents seriously injure workers
An occupational accident that seriously injures a worker (hereinafter referred to as a serious occupational accident) is an occupational accident that causes a worker to suffer at least one of the injuries specified in Appendix II issued together with the employee. according to Decree 39/2016/ND-CP. As follows:
| CODE | NAME OF INJURY |
| 01 | Head, face, neck |
| 011 | Open or closed traumatic brain injuries; |
| 012 | Brain contusion; |
| 013 | Hematoma in the skull; |
| 014 | Skull fracture; |
| 015 | Being scalped; |
| 016 | Damage to the pupil of the eye; |
| 017 | Fracture and crushing of the turbinates of the skull; |
| 018 | Fracture of jaw and facial bones; |
| 019 | Extensive soft tissue damage on the face; |
| 0110 | Injured to the neck, causing damage to the larynx and esophagus. |
| 02 | Chest, abdomen |
| 021 | Damage to the chest harms internal organs; |
| 022 | Mediastinal compression syndrome; |
| 023 | Chest contusion or severe chest compression; |
| 024 | Broken ribs; |
| 025 | Extensive soft tissue damage in the abdomen; |
| 026 | Severe injuries and contusions in the abdomen harm internal organs; |
| 027 | Perforation and rupture of abdominal organs; |
| 028 | Impact, crushing, affecting the movement of the spine; |
| 029 | Broken or dislocated spine; |
| 0210 | Pelvic fracture; |
| 0211 | Damage to the pelvis greatly affects the movement of the trunk and lower limbs; |
| 0212 | Damage to genital organs |
| 03 | Upper limb |
| 031 | Damage to bones, nerves, and blood vessels affecting movement of the upper limbs; |
| 032 | Extensive soft tissue damage in the upper limbs; |
| 033 | Injuries to the shoulders, arms, hands, and wrists damage the tendons; |
| 034 | Crushed, broken, shattered collarbones, shoulder blades, arms, forearms, wrists, hands, and knuckles; |
| 035 | Dislocated and twisted joints. |
| 04 | Lower limb |
| 041 | Injuries to the lower limbs cause damage to blood vessels, nerves, and bones, affecting the movement of the lower limbs; |
| 042 | Extensive injuries to the lower extremities; |
| 043 | Fractures and contusions of the hip, hip joint, thigh, knee, ankle, ankle, foot and toes. |
| 05 | Burn |
| 051 | 3rd degree burns; |
| 052 | Extensive thermal burns of 2nd and 3rd degrees; |
| 053 | Severe chemical burns, 2nd and 3rd degrees; |
| 054 | Severe electrical burns; |
| 055 | 3rd degree frostbite; |
| 056 | Extensive frostbite, 2nd and 3rd degree. |
| 06 | Severe poisoning of the following substances |
| 061 | Carbon monoxide: fainting, delirium, skin nutritional disorders, pneumonia, shock, mental fatigue, drowsiness, memory loss, obvious changes in the circulatory system complete; |
| 062 | Nitrous oxide: complete form of pneumonia, complicated or uncomplicated into bronchitis; |
| 063 | Hydrogen sulfide: strong stimulation, status epilepticus, possible pneumonia, delirium; |
| 064 | High concentrations of carbon monoxide: apnea, then slow breathing, bleeding in the nose, mouth and intestines, weakness, fainting; |
| 065 | Acute poisoning with plant protection chemicals; |
| 066 | Other toxic chemicals on the list that must be declared and registered. |
2.3. Occupational accidents cause minor injuries to workers
Occupational accidents that cause minor injuries to workers (hereinafter referred to as minor occupational accidents) are occupational accidents that do not fall into the category of occupational accidents that kill workers or occupational accidents that kill workers. seriously injured as mentioned above.
