Gewährleistung der Betriebssicherheit - Einen Schadensfall bei der Verwendung von Arbeitsmitteln anzeigen

You must immediately report any incidents involving certain work equipment or systems requiring monitoring in which components or safety equipment have failed.

As an employer, you must report any case of damage in which components or safety equipment have failed to the health and safety authority.

The health and safety authority can request a safety assessment from an approved inspection body.

Informal notification with the following details:

• Address of the company
• Address of the business premises or construction/assembly site at the incident location
• Date of the incident
• Type of incident (e.g. explosion, media leak, crash)
• Number of persons injured, number of persons killed
• Work equipment involved
• Approved monitoring body involved (for installations requiring monitoring in accordance with Annex 2 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health)
• Agency involved in determining the cause (for work equipment in accordance with Annex 3 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health)
• Brief description of the incident and the damage that occurred (including photos and videos)
• Measures already initiated by the employer

The health and safety authority may also request the following information from you:

• Risk assessment
• Proof that the risk assessment was carried out by a competent person
• Details of responsible persons
• Information on protective measures taken
• Operating instructions

• You are the employer
• The following work equipment is involved:
  • Elevator systems
  • pressurized systems
  • Installations in potentially explosive atmospheres
  • cranes
  • Liquid gas systems
  • mechanical equipment used in event technology
• it must be a case of damage in which components or safety equipment have failed

The notification can be made online.

You must report the claim immediately.

• Notification when using work equipment in accordance with the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health Receipt in the event of damage
• Damage in which components or safety equipment have failed must be reported to the health and safety authority
• Prerequisite: The following work equipment is involved
  • elevator systems
  • pressurized systems
  • Installations in potentially explosive atmospheres
  • cranes
  • Liquid gas systems
  • Mechanical equipment for event technology
• Notification must be made immediately
• Responsible: Occupational health and safety authority or trade supervisory authority

Contact the State Office for Consumer Protection.

Forms available: No

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Online services available: No