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According to Article 2-5 of the “Occupational Safety and Health Act”, an “occupational accident” refers to “any diseases, injuries, disabilities, or deaths of workers caused by buildings, machinery, equipment, raw materials, materials, chemicals, gases, vapors, dust, etc., at the place of duty, as a result of work activities, or due to other occupational causes.”The term “occupational cause” as referred to is defined according to Article 6 of the “Enforcement Rules of the Occupational Safety and Health Act”: “All necessary behaviors and the accompanying behaviors at work that have relative cause and effect relations resulting from job activities”.
According to Article 4-1 of the “Regulations of the Examination of Injuries and Diseases Resulting from the Performance of Duties by the Insured Persons of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance”, “commuting occupational injuries” refer to “injuries caused to the insured person by accidents occurring while he/she is on and off duty, at the proper time, on the way of round trips from his/her regular address or residence to the workplace, or on the way between workplaces if he/she is performing 2 or more job duties concurrently. Such injuries shall be defined as occupational injuries.” In other words, injuries caused to the insured person by accidents occurring while he/she is on and off duty, at the proper time, on the way of round trips from his/her regular address or residence to the workplace, or on the way between workplaces, except in cases of personal behavior or as stipulated in Article 17 of the “Regulations of the Examination of Injuries and Diseases Resulting from the Performance of Duties by the Insured Persons of the Labor Occupational Accident Insurance”, are considered occupational injuries (each case should still be determined based on facts).
In the unfortunate event of an occupational accident, besides seeking emergency medical treatment, workers should notify employers as soon as possible so that they can provide the necessary assistance and report the incident through the “business occupational accident reporting” system. If workers have specific service needs, they can utilize the “Occupational Disease and Injury Reporting System” to let professional occupational accident service personnel from the competent authorities of the municipality or county (city) engage in early intervention and provide assistance such as occupational rehabilitation, return to work evaluations, and access to labor and social welfare resources.