Reportable accident: occupational or commuting accident which is fatal or which leads to incapacity for work for longer than three days.
New industrial disability pension: occupational or commuting accident the consequences of which are sufficiently severe to result in payment for the first time within the reporting year of compensation in the form of a pension or lump-sum settlement, or the payment of death benefit.
An occupational accident is an accident suffered by an employee during performance of his or her occupational activity within and outside the workplace, and may include road accidents.
A commuting accident is an accident suffered by an employee during a journey between home and work.
The classification by branch of industry is defined by the BGs of the industrial sector and is geared towards the sectors of the member companies.
The full worker is a statistical function employed for calculation of the accident rate. One full worker corresponds to the average working hours in one year for one full-time employee in the industrial sector. The function thus reflects the duration of exposure to occupational accidents.
For assessment of the average accident risk, the incidence of occupational accidents per 1,000 full workers is calculated. The resulting figure is termed the accident rate.
Reported suspected cases of occupational disease: the figure includes all reports of suspected cases of occupational disease. Doctors and employers are subject to mandatory reporting; reports are also received by the BGs from other social insurance bodies, and from insured individuals themselves.
Formally recognized occupational diseases: where an insured individual suffers from a disease formally recognized as an occupational disease (refer to the list of formally recognized occupational diseases) and the disease is a consequence of exposure associated with this disease in his or her working environment, it is recognized as a case of occupational disease.
Confirmed report of suspected occupational disease: besides the conditions required for formal recognition of a case of a formally recognized occupational disease, recognition of certain occupational diseases is subject to particular supplementary requirements. A chief requirement is that of the cessation of all hazardous activities. Since the case of occupational disease cannot formally be recognized until the particular requirements have been met, a category has been introduced for cases in which the suspected occupational disease has been confirmed retrospectively. The recognized cases of occupational disease thus constitute a subset of the cases of confirmed suspicion of occupational disease. This category is of great importance with regard to prevention issues.
New occupational disease pension: once a case of occupational disease has been formally recognized and the reduction of earning capacity justifies a pension or the disease has resulted in the death of the affected individual, the case, generally involving a serious disease, is declared a new occupational disease pension. New occupational disease pensions thus constitute a subset of the recognized cases of occupational disease.
Fatal cases of occupational disease: fatal cases of occupational disease are those cases in which the occupational disease leads to the death of the insured person. The majority of fatalities concern individuals receiving occupational disease pensions, but fatalities repeatedly affect victims who are not drawing occupational disease pensions (for example death by carbon monoxide poisoning).
