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If an accident or operational disruption or cases of illness or death in connection with hazardous substances have occurred in your company, you must report this immediately.

You must report an accident or malfunction involving hazardous substances immediately if it has caused serious damage to the health of at least one of your employees.

You must also report cases of illness and death if there is a concrete suspicion that these were caused by working with hazardous substances. You must give precise details of the activity and state the risk assessment for the workplace.

If you have already reported the incident to another authority, you can submit a copy of the report.

Report accident or malfunction:

• Place of accident / location of damage
• Injured person(s) (number, names)
• Causing hazardous substance
• Employer of the injured person(s) or company concerned (with address in each case)
• Contact person at the scene of the accident / location of the incident
• Time of accident
• Course of the accident
• Type of injuries / death / damage event

Notification of illness or death:

• Place of employment
• Injured person(s) (names)
• Causing hazardous substances
• Exact details of the activity
• Employer of the injured person(s)
• Person responsible
• Risk assessment

If applicable: Risk assessment for the work area

There are no costs.

You must report an accident or malfunction to the responsible authority by e-mail or post:

• You submit your report.
• The competent authority checks your report.
• The competent authority may request documents

You must report the event promptly (immediately).

• Notification of an accident or incident involving hazardous substances Receipt
• Accidents or malfunctions as well as cases of illness or death that have occurred in connection with hazardous substances in the company must be reported immediately to the competent authority
• If the notification has already been reported to another authority, a copy of the notification can be uploaded
• Notification by e-mail or post

Occupational health and safety departments at the Darmstadt, Gießen and Kassel regional councils