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PROVISIONS ON THE REPORT AND HANDLING OF CASUALTY ACCIDENTS TO ENTERPRISES EMPLOYEES

Category  LABOUR ADMINISTRATION Organ of Promulgation  The State Council Status of Effect  In Force
Date of Promulgation  1991-02-22 Effective Date  1991-05-01  

Provisions on the Report and Handling of Casualty Accidents to Enterprises Employees



Chapter I  General Provisions
Chapter II  Report of Accidents
Chapter III  Investigation of Accidents
Chapter IV  Handling of Accidents
Chapter V  Supplementary Provisions

(Promulgated by Decree No.75 of the State Council of the People's Republic

of China on February 22, 1991 and effective as of May 1, 1991)
Chapter I  General Provisions

    Article 1  These Provisions are enacted for the purposes of promptly
reporting, counting, investigating and handling casualty accidents to
enterprises employees, actively taking preventive measures and forestalling
casualty accidents.

    Article 2  These Provisions apply to all enterprises within the territory
of the People's Republic of China.

    Article 3  "Casualty accidents" used in these Provisions refers to
accidents of personal injury and acute poisoning to enterprises employees
occurring in the process of labour.

    Article 4  The principles of realism and scientism shall be maintained in
reporting, counting, investigating and handling casualty accidents.
Chapter II  Report of Accidents

    Article 5  The injured or other involved persons on the scene of a
casualty accident shall, upon the occurrence of the accident, immediately
report to the enterprise principal directly or level by level.

    Article 6  An enterprise principal shall, upon the receipt of a report on
a serious injury, death or heavy death accident, immediately report to the
department responsible for the enterprise, the labour department, the public
security authority, the people's procuratorate and the trade union in the
place where the enterprise is located.

    Article 7  The department responsible for the enterprise and the labour
department shall, upon the receipt of a report on a death or heavy death
accident, immediately report to higher departments level by level according to
their respective administrative relationship; a death accident shall be
reported to the provincial, autonomous regional or municipal level and a heavy
death accident to the competent department and the labour department of the
State Council.

    Article 8  An enterprise suffering a death or heavy death accident shall
keep the scene of the accident and shall promptly take necessary measures in
saving persons and property and avoiding the extension of the accident.
Chapter III  Investigation of Accidents

    Article 9  An enterprise principal or his authorized person shall organize
an investigation group which is composed of personnel in charge of production,
technology and safety and the trade union members to investigate a slight or
serious injury accident.

    Article 10  The department responsible for the enterprise shall consult
with the labour department, the public security authority and the trade union
at the level of districted city (or at the level equivalent to a districted
city) in the place where the enterprise is located to form an investigation
group to investigate a death accident.

    The department responsible for the enterprise at the provincial,
autonomous regional or municipal level or the competent department of the
State Council shall, according to the administrative relationship to the
enterprise, consult with the labour department, the public security authority,
the administrative supervision department and the trade union at the same
level to form an investigation group to investigate a heavy death accident.

    The investigation groups mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs shall
invite the people's procuratoriats to join in, and may also invite other
departments and relevant experts to join in.

    Article 11  Members of the investigation group shall meet the following
requirements:

    (1) having expertise in a certain field necessary for the investigation of
the accident; and

    (2) not having personal interests in the accident.

    Article 12  The functions of the investigation group are:

    (1) to ascertain the cause and course of the accident and the number of
casualties and the state of economic losses;

    (2) to determine the person responsible for the accident;

    (3) to make a proposal for handling the accident and taking preventive
measures; and

    (4) to give a investigation report on the accident.

    Article 13  The investigation group has power to collect information and
demand materials relating to the accident from the enterprise suffering the
accident and any involved organization and individual who may not refuse to
assist.

    Article 14  If the investigation group disagrees in analysing the accident
and handling the person responsible for the accident upon ascertaining the
facts, the labour department has power to raise a conclusive opinion. If the
disagreement remains, the case shall be referred to the higher labour
department for handling in consultation with relevant departments. Should the
departments disagree, the case shall be referred to the people's government at
the same level for decision. However, the time limit for handling the accident
shall not be exceeded.

    Article 15  No organization or individual may obstruct and interfere in
the normal working of the investigation group.
Chapter IV  Handling of Accidents

    Article 16  An enterprise suffering an accident and its responsible
department shall deal with the proposals made by the investigation group for
handling the accident and taking preventive measures.

    Article 17  Where anyone causes an accident by neglecting production
safety, commanding or operating against rules and regulations, neglecting
duties or failing to take effective measures upon finding potential dangers of
accidents or damages, the department responsible for the enterprise or the
enterprise shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state,
impose disciplinary sanctions on the enterprise principle and persons directly
responsible; if a crime has been constituted, the judicial organs shall
investigate for criminal responsibilities.

    Article 18  Where anyone, in violation of these Provisions, conceals, or
falsely reports, or deliberately delays reporting an accident, or
deliberately destroys the scene of an accident, or refuses to accept
investigation and refuses to provide information and materials relating to an
accident without justified reasons, the competent department shall, in
accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, impose disciplinary
sanctions on principals of involved organizations and persons directly
responsible; if a crime has been constituted, the judicial organs shall
investigate for criminal responsibilities.

    Article 19  Where anyone neglects his duties, bends laws for his personal
interests, or makes retaliation when investigating and handling a casualty
accident, the organization to which he belongs shall, in accordance with the
relevant provisions of the state, impose disciplinary sanctions on him; if a
crime has been constituted, the judicial organ shall investigate for criminal
responsibilities.

    Article 20  The work for handling a casualty accident shall be closed
within 90 days, or 180 days if the circumstances are special. The conclusion
shall be published after the closing of handling a casualty accident.
Chapter V  Supplementary Provisions

    Article 21  The labour department of the State Council shall, in
accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, formulate measures of
casualty statistics and report forms in consultation with the statistics
department of the State Council.

    The labour department of the State Council shall, in consultation with the
relevant department of the State Council, formulate measures to determine
economic losses in casualty accidents and measures to classify accidents.

    Provisions governing the investigation and handling of casualty accidents
in other laws and regulations than these Provisions shall prevail.

    Article 22  The labour departments shall supervise and inspect the
implementation of these Provisions by enterprises.

    Article 23  In the case of specially serious accidents, relevant
provisions of the state shall apply.

    Article 24  Casualty accidents suffered by state organs, institutions and
mass organizations shall be handled with reference to these Provisions.

    Article 25  The labour department of the State Council shall be
responsible for the interpretation of these Provisions.

    Article 26  These Provisions shall enter into force as of May 1, 1991.
Procedures for the Report of Casualty Accidents to Workers and Staff
promulgated by the State Council in 1956 shall be repealed at the same time.



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