Report an accident at work to the trade association

What you need:

• Registration form from the employers' liability insurance association

An accident at work must be reported to the employers' liability insurance association as soon as possible. This is how you can absorb the financial impact.

This is how you report an occupational accident to the employers' liability insurance association

An accident at work quickly occurs in the company. You should know that every accident at work must be reported to the professional association. Immediately inform your supervisor about the accident at work.

1. You need a registration form from the employers' liability insurance association. Call the trade association immediately after the accident at work and have the notification form sent or faxed to you.
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2. Note that there is an occupational accident if the cause of the accident can be traced back to an insured activity. In these cases, the accident insurance intervenes. Work accidents are legally standardized in Section 8 of Book VII of the Social Code. Check whether the accident that occurred is covered by insurance. It is crucial that the accident was not intentionally caused.
3. Now fill out the accident form that you use to report the occupational accident to the employers' liability insurance association. First of all, state where the accident at work happened. Record exactly which people were involved and how. Then describe the sequence of events in chronological order. Always stay factual and informative and avoid imprecise and lengthy explanations. Name witnesses. In this way, the employers' liability insurance association can ask questions.


Report an accident at work - this is how you fill out the form

An accident at work quickly occurs during working hours. You must then ...

4. Send the report of the occupational accident to the professional association.

Interesting facts about accidents at work

• Anyone who reports an occupational accident to the employers' liability insurance association should know that not only accidents that The insurance covers accidents that happen during work, as well as accidents on the direct route to work happen.
• If someone dies as a result of an accident at work, the accident insurance only applies if the accident was causal for the death.