【Basic Knowledge of Occupational Health】 – Work-related Injuries

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This post was last edited by slll611 on 2016-3-22 19:03. What is a work-related injury? Is an occupational injury a occupational disease? Work-related injury is short for injuries sustained at work; it is also known as occupational injuries. It refers to sudden, accidental damage to bodily tissues that occurs during the process of work, as a result of direct external factors, such as casualties caused by occupational accidents or acute chemical poisoning. The convention adopted by the International Labour Conference in 1921 defines \"work-related injury\" as an accident caused directly or indirectly by work. The 48th International Labour Conference in 1964 also stipulated that work-related injury compensation should include occupational diseases and traffic accidents on the way to and from work. Therefore, the currently standard international definition of \"work-related injury\" includes two aspects: accidents and injuries that occur as a result of work during the working process, as well as occupational disease injuries. Occupational diseases refer to illnesses that occur among workers in enterprises, institutions, and individual economic organizations as a result of exposure to dust, radioactive substances, and other toxic and harmful substances during their occupational activities. From the above concepts, it can be seen that work-related injuries and occupational diseases are different concepts. Broadly speaking, occupational diseases are injuries suffered by workers during their occupational activities, and they fall under the category of work-related injuries or injuries considered equivalent to work-related injuries. Work-related injuries, on the other hand, are not necessarily occupational diseases (the concept is easy to understand, so no further explanation is needed). The \"Provisional Measures for Work-Related Injury Insurance for Enterprise Employees\" issued by China’s former Ministry of Labor in 1996 clearly defined the scope of work-related injuries. An employee who suffers injury, disability, or death as a result of one of the following circumstances shall be recognized as having suffered a work-related injury; such circumstances include: 1. Engaging in the daily production or work tasks of the employer, or performing tasks temporarily assigned by the employer’s management; or, in emergency situations, carrying out tasks that are directly related to the employer’s vital interests, even without prior assignment by the management. 2. Those who engage in scientific experiments, inventions, and technological improvements related to the organization, as arranged or with the consent of the organization’s responsible person. 3. Those who develop occupational diseases as a result of exposure to occupational hazards in the work environment. 4. Injuries resulting from unsafe conditions during working hours and in the work area, or death due to sudden illness caused by work stress, or complete loss of working capacity after initial emergency treatment. 5. Those who suffer physical injury while performing their duties. 6. Those engaged in activities such as rescue, disaster relief, and saving lives to safeguard **, society, and the public interest. 7. Soldiers who became disabled due to duty or combat and experience a recurrence of their old injuries after returning to work in enterprises. 8. During business trips, if an individual suffers injuries or goes missing as a result of a traffic accident or some other accident related to work, or dies due to an sudden illness, or loses all ability to work after initial emergency treatment. 9. An accident that occurs on the way to or from work via other reasonable routes within a reasonable time is considered an occupational injury. (1) On the way to and from work within a reasonable time, along reasonable routes between the workplace and one’s residence, habitual place of residence, or employer-provided dormitory ； (II) On the way to and from work along a reasonable route between the workplace and the residence of the spouse, parents, or children, within a reasonable time frame ； (III) Engaging in activities necessary for daily work and life, on the way to and from work along reasonable routes and within a reasonable time frame ； (IV) On the way to and from work via other reasonable routes within a reasonable time. (Injuries sustained on the way to or from work refer to those that occur during a reasonable time and along a reasonable route, and in traffic accidents for which the individual is not primarily at fault.) ) 10. Other circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations. Related post: [Basic Knowledge of Occupational Health] – Recognition of work-related injuries http://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-1556795-1-1.html Related cases: Case analysis: Should the following situations be considered work-related injuries? (1) http://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-1557912-1-1.html