03 types of occupational accidents in Vietnam according to Decree No. 39/2016/NĐ-CP

15:36, 27/07/2016

On May 15, 2016, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree No. 39/2016/NĐ-CP detailing the implementation of some articles of the Law on occupational safety and sanitation.

According to Decree No. 39/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, occupational accidents are classified into 03 levels as follows:

- Occupational accident causing employee’s death (hereafter referred to as fatal occupational accident) is the occupational accidents causing employee’s death in one of following cases:

+ Death at the scene of accident;

+ Death on the way to an emergency or during an emergency;

+ Death during treatment or death from wound recurrence caused by occupational accidents according to the conclusions in the record of forensic examination;

+ The employee is declared dead according to the conclusion of the Court for missing case.

- Occupational accident causing serious injury to employee (hereafter referred to as serious occupational accident) is the one which causes at least one injury to the employee as stipulated in Appendix II issued with this Decree.

- Occupational accident causing light injury to employee (hereafter referred to as mild occupational accident) is the one not specified in Paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article.

View details at Decree No. 39/2016/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from July 01, 2016.

- Thanh Lam -

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