Question 1

When is damage to health considered a work injury?

Accepted Answer

An injury to an employed person, an occupational disease or other damage to health is considered a work injury if it occurred in connection with the performance of a work duty — on the employer's territory, outside it in the performance of the duty, or while traveling to or from work by transport allocated by the employer.

Question 2

Which documents are required at the first examination?

Accepted Answer

The victim or the representative must submit the application of the employer's administration or of the professional union, or an application to the court (a court decision), an act of the accident or another document on the damage to health, and in the case of an occupational disease — the conclusion of a medical establishment.

Question 3

When is the degree set at 100 percent and when at 70 percent?

Accepted Answer

With an expressed disorder of the function of the body, when the performance of any work is impossible or hindered, including in specially created conditions, the loss of professional work capacity is set at 100 (one hundred) percent. And if the victim can perform work only in specially created conditions, the degree is determined at not less than 70 (seventy) percent.

Question 4

How are a repeated injury and a pre-existing disease assessed?

Accepted Answer

With a repeated work injury the degree is determined in percentages for each injury separately — whether it occurred with the same or with different employers. And if the injury aggravated a previously existing disease, the degree is determined from the expression of the functional disorder caused by it, taking into account the pre-existing impairments.

Question 5

At what term does the re-examination take place?

Accepted Answer

Upon determination of the degree, the victim's re-examination takes place after 6 months, or after 1 or 2 years — taking into account the character of the work injury and the possibilities of full or partial restoration of work capacity as a result of medical, social and labor rehabilitation.

Work Injury and the Degree of Loss of Professional Work Capacity

When is damage to health considered a work injury?

Which documents are required at the first examination?

When is the degree set at 100 percent and when at 70 percent?

How are a repeated injury and a pre-existing disease assessed?

At what term does the re-examination take place?

What counts as a work injury

Work Injury and the Degree of Loss of Professional Work Capacity

When is damage to health considered a work injury?

Which documents are required at the first examination?

When is the degree set at 100 percent and when at 70 percent?

How are a repeated injury and a pre-existing disease assessed?

At what term does the re-examination take place?

What counts as a work injury