Workplace Safety and Health (Incident Reporting) Regulations

Duty to report accident leading to injury

6.—(1) Where an employee meets with an accident at a workplace and he —

(a)	is granted more than 3 consecutive days of sick leave by a registered medical practitioner for that injury; or
(b)	is admitted in a hospital for at least 24 hours for observation or treatment,

the employer of that employee shall, not later than 10 days after the accident, submit a report to the Commissioner.

(2) Where an employee meets with an accident at a workplace which is reported under paragraph (1), and subsequently dies as a result of the injury, the employer of that employee shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the death.

(3) Where any person who is not at work or any self-employed person meets with an accident at a workplace which requires him to be taken to a hospital for treatment in respect of that injury, the occupier of the workplace shall, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the Commissioner of the accident.

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