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Simplified procedures for setting up the register of minor accidents
Can I to set up a register of minor accidents on my site?
The procedures for opening and keeping the register of accidents at work and commuting accidents not involving sick leave or medical treatment - known as the register of minor accidents - have recently been simplified.
As a result, it is no longer necessary to obtain prior authorization from the Caisse d'Assurance Retraite et de la Santé au Travail (CARSAT) for the general scheme, or from the Caisse de Mutualité Sociale Agricole (MSA) for the agricultural scheme.
When keeping such a register, the employer must now inform the Caisse d'Assurance Retraite et de la Santé au Travail without delay and by any means that confers a certain date (e.g. e-mail or registered post).
A sample register is available for download from the French health insurance website: Its content remains unchanged. The following information must therefore be included:
- Order no,
- Date of entry in the register,
- Victim's full name,
- Date and time,
- Location,
- Detailed circumstances,
- Location and nature of lesions,
- Names and addresses of witnesses and third parties involved from outside the plant,
- Signatures of caregiver and victim,
- Observations.
Unchanged prerequisites
Similarly, the requirements for keeping a register of minor accidents have not been changed:
- The permanent presence of a state-qualified doctor or nurse, or a person in charge of health and safety within the company, holding a national first-aid diploma supplemented by a workplace first-aid diploma;
- The existence of an emergency aid station;
- The existence of a Social and Economic Committee.
Register retention conditions
The employer must keep the register for each calendar year on the medium of his choice for a period of five years from the end of the year in question.
As a result, annual transmission of the register to the caisse d'assurance retraite et de la santé au travail (pension and occupational health insurance fund) for the general scheme, or the caisse de mutualité sociale agricole (MSA) for the agricultural scheme, is no longer required.
Finally, if the authorities find that the register has not been kept correctly, or if the conditions for keeping it have not been met, or if the register is not presented to the inspectors, the victim or the CSE, the register of minor accidents can no longer be kept. All workplace accidents must therefore be reported to the local health insurance fund (caisse primaire d'assurance maladie) or the agricultural social security fund (caisse de mutualité sociale agricole).
Photo credit: Lucian Alexe