Enforcement Rules of the Occupational Safety and Health Act Article 47
This English translation was last updated on 2020-02-27, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-06-26. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
The employers shall notify a labor inspection agency within eight hours stipulated in Article 37 Paragraph 2 of the Act, the referred to employers mean the employer of the laborer suffering from the accident or the employer of the workplace where the laborer suffering from the accident engaged in work and directed or supervised by the responsible people in workplaces. Notify a labor inspection agency within eight hours means the business entity knowingly or may be informed of the occupational accident has happened within eight hours, shall report to the labor inspection agency of its jurisdiction.For the sake of emergency management or accident rescue, employers who entrust other employers or natural person to notify occupational accidents to the labor inspection agency of its jurisdiction in accordance with regulations is considered having met the requirement for report stipulated in Article 37 Paragraph 1 of the Act.