Work Related Accident

According to the law, the work accident is “any bodily injury that the worker suffers on the occasion or as a consequence of the work carried out as an employee.” Two essential requirements must be met in all occupational accidents:

The worker has suffered a bodily injury. Injury is understood as: an injury, blow or illness, etc. That the accident is caused or as a consequence of the professional activity.

It is important to bear in mind that the injury as such, by itself, does not constitute a work accident under the law. In addition to the previous definition, the law also considers the following work accidents:

Work Related Accident

They are those that occur when going to work or when returning from it, without time limits (they can occur outside of your normal working hours) as long as the condition is met that the journey is motivated by the need to go to or return from the activity professional.

Also considered ‘work accidents’ are those that occur due to the performance of the activities while the trip to the place where these activities are carried out.

Performing Additional Tasks

Accidents are produced while performing tasks that are not contemplated in the normal activity and professional category of the worker and as long as it has been by the pure will and order of the employer for production reasons.

Rescue Acts

Those accidents that take place in the course of rescue acts and in others of a similar nature, when both are connected to work, will be considered work accidents.

Diseases

They are those contracted by the worker as a result of carrying out work, provided that it is proven that the illness was exclusively caused by the execution of the same and is included in the list of occupational diseases.

Those diseases, conditions, or defects that were previously present and that experience an aggravation are understood, when this is a consequence of the injury constituting the accident.