Lithuania sets N-1 and N-2 work-accident forms and employer register duties

Employers in Lithuania record work accidents in two different investigation acts.E TAR Accidents during contract work, employer-ordered work, preparation of the workplace, duty travel and travel in employer-provided transport are recorded in a Nelaimingo atsitikimo darbe aktas, Forma N-1.E TARE TARE TARE TARE TAR Accidents on the route between the workplace and home or the wage-payment or meal-break location, and business-trip accidents outside employer-transport cases, are recorded in a Nelaimingo atsitikimo pakeliui į darbą ar iš darbo aktas, Forma N-2.E TAR In a group accident a separate act is drawn up for each victim.E TAR

Every employee must immediately report any work incident or commuting accident.E TAR The employer immediately notifies by phone, fax or email the territorial prosecutor, the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija territorial branch and one family member about every incident in which the worker died or sustained serious or suspected serious harmE TARE TAR, and sends the branch the incident notification, Pranešimas apie įvykį darbeE TAR. The workplace must be left unchanged until the investigation starts.E TAR A health-care provider that treated serious harm or death immediately notifies the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija branch and the employer.E TARE TAR

Whether harm counts as serious is settled by a medical certificate.LRV On a written request from the employer or the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija branch, the provider sends a Pažyma apie pakenkimo sveikatai sunkumą within two working days of care, or within five working days where added tests clarify severity.E TAR On a written request it also supplies alcohol in promiles and other substances in blood or biological media.

Light incidents are investigated by a bilateral commission of employer and employee representatives.E TAR Serious and fatal incidents are investigated by a Valstybinė darbo inspekcija inspector with employer and employee representatives participating.E TARE TAR The N-1 act records employer and victim identity, accident time, diagnosis, intoxication testing, coded circumstances, work environment, deviation, contact, material factor and causes with the breached provisions. The N-2 act adds route, means of travel, place, witnesses and travel-specific causes.

An N-1 act is immediately presented to the employerE TAR, who signs or declines with written reasons within three working days and immediately returns itE TAR. For a light accident one original with certified copies goes within three working days to the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija branch and one original to the injured worker.E TAR For a serious or fatal accident the inspector keeps one copy at the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija and within three working days forwards originals to the prosecutor or pre-trial body, the victim or family representative, and the employer.E TARE TARE TAR Anonymised copies go to the union and participants only on written request, and the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija supplies files to the social-insurance fund branches under its data agreement.

Every incident is entered in the company Įvykių darbe, nelaimingų atsitikimų darbe, nelaimingų atsitikimų pakeliui į darbą ar iš darbo aktų registravimo žurnalas, with date, severity as lengvas, sunkus or mirtinas, N-1 and N-2 numbers, victim, place and cause.E TAR Acts are registered at the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija under the chief inspector procedure and kept by the company and the Valstybinė darbo inspekcija under the chief archivist retention periods, with transfer under the Lietuvos Respublikos dokumentų ir archyvų įstatymas on liquidation.

Legal basis: Nelaimingų atsitikimų darbe tyrimo ir apskaitos nuostatai, patvirtinti Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės 2004 m. rugsėjo 2 d. nutarimu Nr. 1118, as amended by the 2020 m. balandžio 15 d. nutarimas Nr. 377.E TARE TARE TARE TARE TAR