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Notice Of Recording And Reporting Of Occupational Injury, Etc. Under Offshoresikkerhedsloven

Original Language Title: Bekendtgørelse om registrering og anmeldelse af arbejdsskade m.v. i medfør af offshoresikkerhedsloven

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Publication of the registration and notification of the work injuries and so on under the offshore safety law 1)

Purline 3, paragraph 3. 2, 3 and 5, sections 49 and 52, section 61 (1). 3, and Section 72 (2). 1, in Law No 1. 1424 by 21. In December 2005, on the safety and conditions for off-shore for investigation, production and transport of hydrocarbons (offshore safety law) as amended by law no. 107 of 7. February 2007, and section 32 a in the administrative act, cf. Law Order no. 1365 of 7. In December 2007 :

§ 1. The notice shall apply to off-shore as defined in section 2 of the offshore security law.

Paragraph 2. § 2, section 3, section 1, no. 2 and 3, and paragraph 1. 2 and 3, section 4 (4). 3, no. One and two, section 5, paragraph 5. 1, no. Furthermore, section 9-11 shall also apply to pipelines covered by Section 3 (3) of the Offshore Safety Act. 2.

Paragraph 3. The notice shall also apply to accommodation facilities on ships and entries covered by the section 3 (3) of the Offshore Safety Act. 3, and where people who work on an offshore installation are accommoded, to the extent that it is important for the safety and health of the persons involved.

Paragraph 4. The notice shall also apply to the activities carried out by ships and devices covered by the section 3 (3) of the offshore security law. 5 (special vessels) and the equipment used to the extent that the activities or equipment has an impact on the safety and health conditions of its associated offshore installations.

§ 2. For the purposes of the notice :

1) Accident : A sudden, unexpected and harmful event that occurs during work or residence, in the off-shore premises and which causes death or personal injury.

2) Conditional condition : A disease which has occurred after a longer period of exposure during work or residence, by the way in which the off-shore is concerned.

3) Approaching event : An incident that could have led to an accident or an injury to the offshore installation of safety or health implications.

4) Unworking : The injured man is incapable of carrying out its usual work.

5) Work injuries : A common name for occupational illnesses and injuries caused by accidents.

6) It is a responsible employer : Employers who have a duty to draw insubordinate accident insurance to the occupational insurance law.

§ 3. The operator responsible for the operation must record information on any :

1) Accident and every death occurred on the off-shore plant.

2) Approaching event, including any leakage of hydrocarbons.

3) Non-negligible damage to the construction or equipment of the off-site installation or the equipment of safety or health.

Paragraph 2. Registration shall be made electronically or on paper in a way that is available for the DEA.

Paragraph 3. The registration shall contain sufficient information to enable the operator responsible for the operation of the operation to respond to any repetition of incidents referred to in paragraph 1. 1.

Paragraph 4. The safety organisation of the offshore plant must have access to the information in the registration to the extent that they have an impact on safety and health conditions.

§ 4. The taxable employer shall report any accident involving :

1) death or,

2) the injured man is incapacuable for a day or more in addition to the injury day.

Paragraph 2. The taxable employer shall submit, at the request of the DEA, supplemental information on how long the injured person was incapacable.

Paragraph 3. The operator responsible for the operation must be notified :

1) Any near-event that could have resulted in death or accident with serious personal injury or hazard to the integrity of the off-shore installation.

2) Every release of hydrocarbons,

a) which result in a fire or explosion, or

b) has the potential to cause a major accident, cf. the definition of the public health and safety management of offshore installations, etc.

3) Any incident in which a person has become or may be presumed to have been subjected to ionizing radiation in more than the authorised scale according to the rules on the dose limits for ionizing radiation set by the Board of Health, as set out by the Board of Health, cf. announcement of medical control of work with ionizing radiation on offshore installations.

4) Any incident that may have caused the release of a biological agent and may cause serious infection or disease in humans.

5) Any significant damage to the construction or equipment of the off-site installation or the equipment of safety or health.

Paragraph 4. Notification in accordance with paragraph 1. 1 and 3 must be carried out as soon as possible to the Energy Management Board and within 9 days of the event of event, cf. however, section 5 (5), One and four.

Paragraph 5. The operator responsible for the operation of the off-shore installation shall be accessible to the off-shore installation. Addition, if any, must also have a copy of the notification.

§ 5. The business operator shall immediately communicate to the police and to the authorities of the South and the Sønderjyllands police, which shall then inform the Agency for the Agency, shall notify the Agency of the Agency for :

1) Any accident after paragraph 4 (2). 1, no. One that leads to death.

2) Any accident after paragraph 4 (2). 1, no. 2 leading to serious personal injury.

3) Any incident after paragraph 4 (4). 3, no. 1 which could have resulted in deaths or serious risks of the integrity of the off-shore installation.

4) Every discharge of substances and materials in accordance with section 4 (4). 3, no. 1 which will result in one or more people being charged for sighting for poisoning.

5) Every release of hydrocarbons in accordance with section 4 (4). 3, no. 2.

6) Any incident after paragraph 4 (4). 3, no. Three or four.

7) Any injury after paragraph 4 (1). 3, no. 5 that result in the off-shore or essential part of this non-functional.

Paragraph 2. The business operator shall in the cases referred to in paragraph 1. 1, leave the handeful place untouched and sealed off unless the police decide otherwise, or the oversight to avert an imminent or immediate danger necessitates something else.

Paragraph 3. The operator responsible for the operation must as soon as possible after the event has been detected, notify the safety organisation of the off-site facility on the incident.

Paragraph 4. The subsequent notification after paragraph 4 (3). 4, of the incidents referred to in paragraph 1. 1, shall be accompanied by a statement by the company or other employer ' s follow-up to the event, including a description of the event flow and information on the actions resulting from the event or will be accompanied ; be made to avoid repetitions.

§ 6. Doctors who, through their professions, detect or suspect that a person has incurred an injury or suffering or suffered harmful effects on work or residence, by the way in the off-shore premises, to report this ; for the Agency for Energy Management, including all diseases or deaths attributable to occupational exposure from biological agents.

Paragraph 2. The notification shall be the responsibility of any doctor, whether or not the person concerned is practising or employed in hospital, clinic or other institution. In hospitals and clinics, etc., however, the duty officer shall be solely responsible for the chief physician of each department.

Paragraph 3. Notification shall be made as soon as the doctor has been acquainted with the injury, the suffering or the impact and the presumed correlation of work or stay at the off-shore premises.

§ 7. Duly-dependable in section 6 (4). 1, lapses when the doctor has ensured that the personal injury, the suffering, the impact, etc. have already been reported to the DEA.

§ 8. Notification in accordance with section 6 (4). One, requires the assent of the terminators.

§ 9. Notification in accordance with section 4 (4). 4, and section 6 (4). 1, may be done electronically or in forms of form that is accessible to the Agency for the Agency, in accordance with its detailed instructions.

Paragraph 2. The DEA may approve notification of the notification by electronic or paper-based form of notifier.

§ 10. The business operator and other employers shall provide information for the use of statistical calculations in connection with the assessment of accidents or near events to the Agency for the Agency on request, including the inventory of the number of records ; the release of hydrocarbons which are not covered by the notification requirement after Article 4 (1). 3, no. 2.

§ 11. Unless higher penalties are imposed on the off-shore security law or any other legislation, the penalty shall be penalized for the violation of section 3 to 5, section 6 (4). One and three, section 8, section 9, paragraph 9. 1, or § 10.

Paragraph 2. For the infringement of the provisions of paragraph 1. 1 may be charged with an employer ' s liability in the framework of the section 71 of the Offshore Security Act, even if the infringement cannot be attribucible to the employer as deliberate or negligent. It is a condition of the liability that the infringement may be attributed to one or more to the company connected to the company or the company as such. Such executor liability shall not be subject to the conversion penalty.

Paragraph 3. Companies can be imposed on companies, etc. (legal persons) punishable by the rules of the penal code 5. Chapter.

§ 12. The announcement shall enter into force on 1. July 2008, and has effects on work injuries and other events that enter into force day or later.

Climate and Energy, the 25th. June 2008 Connie Hedegaard / Ib Larsen
Official notes

1) The announcement contains provisions which implement parts of Council Directive 89 /391/EEC of 12. June 1989 on the implementation of measures to improve the safety and health of workers at work, (EC Official Journal of 1989). In 183, page 1, as last amended by Directive 2007 /30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20. June 2007, (EU Official Journal) No In 165, page 21), parts of Council Directive 92 /91/EEC of 3. November 1992 laying down minimum requirements for improving the safety and health of workers in the drilling-related extractive industries (eleventh Specific Directive in accordance with Article 16 (2). 1, in Directive 89 /391/EEC), (EC Official Journal of 1992) L 348, page 9), as amended by Directive 2007 /30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20. June 2007, (EU Official Journal) No In 165, page 21), and parts of the Directive 2000 /54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18. September 2000 on the protection of workers from the dangers of being exposed to biological agents during the work (Seventh Specific Directive in accordance with Article 16 (2). 1, in Directive 89 /391/EEC), (EC Official Journal 2000 No 2 ; I 262, page 21).