Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 17

Report of accidents resulting in death or incapacity

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART III

GENERAL

(1) Where an accident in an industrial undertaking results in-

   (a)  the death of a person at the time of the accident or immediately
        thereafter; or

   (b)  serious bodily injury to a person, a report of the accident stating
        the name of the person, the nature of the injury and the time, place
        and circumstances of the accident shall be made orally or in writing
        by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking within 24 hours after
        the accident-

        (i)    to an occupational safety officer, where the accident occurs in
               an industrial undertaking other than a quarry; or (32 of 2000
               s. 48)

        (ii)   to the Superintendent of Mines, where the accident occurs in a
               quarry, and to the police station nearest to the place of
               accident, where the accident results in death.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), where an accident in an industrial undertaking
results in-

   (a)  the death of a person at the time of the accident or immediately
        thereafter;

   (b)  serious bodily injury to a person; or

   (c)  the incapacity, for a period exceeding 3 days immediately following
        the accident, of a person for any employment which he was capable of
        undertaking at the time of the accident, a report of the accident
        (containing the particulars specified in paragraph (5)) shall, in
        addition to any report required to be made under paragraph (1), be
        made in writing by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking within
        7 days after the accident-

        (i)    to an occupational safety officer, where the accident occurs in
               an industrial undertaking other than a quarry; or (32 of 2000
               s. 48)

        (ii)   to the Superintendent of Mines, where the accident occurs in a
               quarry.

(3) Where a person who is injured in an accident dies subsequently as a result
of the injury and the death comes to the notice of the proprietor of the
industrial undertaking, the proprietor shall, in addition to any report which
he may have made or is required to make under paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b) or
(c), report the death orally or in writing within 24 hours after it comes to
his notice-

   (a)  to an occupational safety officer, where the accident has occurred in
        an industrial undertaking other than a quarry; or (32 of 2000 s. 48)

   (b)  to the Superintendent of Mines, where the accident has occurred in a
        quarry, and to the police station nearest to the place of the
        accident.

(4) No report is required under paragraph (2) if notice of the accident has
been given under section 15 of the Employees, Compensation Ordinance (
Cap 282).

(5) A report under paragraph (2) shall contain-

   (a)  the name and address of the proprietor of the industrial undertaking;

   (b)  the name, occupation and address of the deceased or injured person and
        his sex, age and identity card number;

   (c)  the date and particulars of the accident; and

   (d)  the nature of the injury, stating whether death or incapacity was
        caused by the injury.

(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) a person shall be deemed to
have suffered serious bodily injury in an accident if he is admitted to a
hospital immediately following the accident for observation or treatment.
(L.N. 7 of 1975)