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    Question

    Who is responsible for sending a notice when an accident

    occurs in an establishment that causes death or significant injury as per the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code?
    A Only the employer of a factory Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The employer, owner, agent, or manager of a mine, factory, dock work, plantation, building construction, or any other establishment, as applicable Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C The injured employee themselves Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D The local police department Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Any employee witnessing the accident Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Section 10 Notice of certain accident: (1) Where at any place in an establishment, an accident occurs which causes death, or which causes any bodily injury by reason of which the person injured is prevented from working for a period of forty-eight hours or more immediately following the accident or which is of such nature as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government, then,— (a) employer or owner or agent or manager referred to in section 67 of such establishment if it is mine; or (b) employer or manager in relation to such establishment if it is factory or relates to dock work; or (c) the employer of a plantation or an establishment relating to building or other construction or any other establishment, shall send notice thereof to such authorities, in such manner and within such time, as may be prescribed by the appropriate Government.

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