Regulations on Reporting and Handling Fatal Accidents of Workers and Employees in Enterprises
Regulations on Reporting and Handling Fatal Accidents of Workers and Employees in Enterprises
Regulations on Reporting and Handling Fatal Accidents of Workers and Employees in Enterprises
Order of State Council [1991] No.75
March 1, 1991
The Regulations on Reporting and Handling Fatal Accidents of Workers and Employees in Enterprises are hereby issued, and come into force on May 1, 1991.
Premier Li Peng
Appendix: Regulations on Reporting and Handling Fatal Accidents of Workers and Employees in Enterprises
Chapter I GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Article 1 The present regulations are drawn up to ensure the timely reporting, tabulating, investigating and handling fatal accidents involving workers and employees, taking active measures of prevention, and forestalling such accidents.
Article 2 The present regulations are applicable to all enterprises within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
Article 3 The fatal accidents referred to in the present regulations are those causing personal harms and acute intoxication of workers and employees in the course of work.
Article 4 The work of reporting, tabulating, investigating and handling fatal accidents must be based on the principle of relying on facts and being scientific.
Chapter II REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS
Article 5 When a fatal accident happened, the injured or whoever at the site of accident should immediately report directly or via their superiors to the top executives of the enterprise.
Article 6 On receiving the report of an accident causing serious injuries, deaths, or major casualties, the top executives of the enterprise should immediately report to the department in charge of the enterprise and the local labour department, the department of public security, people's procuratorate and the trade unions.
Article 7 On receiving the report of a fatal or major fatal accident, the department in charge of the enterprise and the labour department should immediately report to their superior authorities up to the departments in charge and the labour departments in the province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the Central Government.
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