Report a work accident

When an employee is injured, the employer is obliged to report the accident. The accident must be reported if it meets one of these requirements:

• The work accident results in the employee being unable to perform their usual work for at least one day beyond the day of the injury.
• The injured person could be entitled to compensation under the Occupational Injury Act, e.g. compensation for expenses for healing the consequences of the injury, permanent damage or loss of earning capacity.

When you report a work accident via businessindenmark.virk.dk, the report will be forwarded to the relevant recipients if it is subject to notification. This may be the company's insurance company, the Danish Labour Market Insurance (AES) and the Danish Working Environment Authority.

Notification must be made within 14 days from the first day of absence.

If the employer does not report the work accident

In very special circumstances, the injured person or a third party may have to report it. This may be, for example, if the employer cannot or will not report the injury, or if the company no longer exists or has gone bankrupt. A third party may be a trade union, a lawyer or a doctor.