Initial medical care in the event of an accident at work or occupational illness
If you have suffered damage to your health as a result of an accident at work or commuting accident or a recognized occupational disease, you are eligible for primary medical care. This is provided by doctors.
If accident medical treatment is necessary due to the nature or severity of the accident at work or commuting accident or a recognized occupational disease, this will be provided following the initial treatment. The free choice of doctor may be restricted with regard to the accident doctor.
The costs of initial medical treatment are covered directly by your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- Primary medical care for people with statutory accident insurance
- The employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will cover the costs of initial medical treatment following an accident at work or on the way to work or as a result of an occupational disease
- Costs: none
- Processing time: immediate treatment by a doctor
- Notification online or by post
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Responsible:
- for insurance claims in commercial companies: Employer's liability insurance associations (broken down by sector)
- for insurance claims in public companies and educational institutions: Accident insurance funds (broken down by region)
- none
- If required, your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will request the necessary documents directly from you
- Health damage requiring treatment as a result of an accident at work or on the way to work or an occupational disease
- First aid provided by a doctor
There are no costs.
The principle of official investigation applies in statutory accident insurance. This means that your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will automatically ("ex officio") carry out all necessary investigations as soon as it learns of your accident at work or commuting accident or an occupational disease.
- Depending on the damage to your health, consult a suitable doctor.
- In principle, you have a free choice of doctor. In the case of accidents at work, it is advisable to visit a doctor who is involved in the transitory doctor procedure of the statutory accident insurance. Alternatively, your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund can help you find a suitable doctor.
- Inform your doctor that the reason for your visit is a work accident, commuting accident or occupational illness.
- You can find out which employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund is responsible for you on the website of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV).
You can also contact your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund online or by post.
Online service:
- Call up the online service.
- You will be guided through the procedure on the accident insurance service portal.
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You can log in.
- If you would like to receive a reply from your Berufsgenossenschaft or accident insurance fund in the mailbox of your BundID account or My Company Account, you must have an account and authenticate yourself.
- If you would like to receive the reply by post, you can continue without registering.
- Select your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or find them using the industry search.
- Upload the required documents.
- Complete the online form and send it off.
- Your notification will be automatically forwarded to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- You will receive feedback via the desired channel.
Online service of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund:
- If you have access to the portal of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, you can also submit the notification electronically there if necessary.
Message by post:
- Send an informal letter to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- Make sure you provide the required information and enclose the necessary documents.
Immediate treatment by the doctor
There is no deadline.
- Appeal
- Detailed information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
Forms available: No
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance required: No
Online services available: Yes
German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
06.01.2023
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Primary medical care for people with statutory accident insurance
- The employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will cover the costs of initial medical treatment following an accident at work or on the way to work or as a result of an occupational disease
- Costs: none
- Processing time: immediate treatment by a doctor
- Notification online or by post
-
Responsible:
- for insurance claims in commercial companies: Employer's liability insurance associations (broken down by sector)
- for insurance claims in public companies and educational institutions: Accident insurance funds (broken down by region)
- none
- If required, your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will request the necessary documents directly from you
- Health damage requiring treatment as a result of an accident at work or on the way to work or an occupational disease
- First aid provided by a doctor
There are no costs.
The principle of official investigation applies in statutory accident insurance. This means that your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund will automatically ("ex officio") carry out all necessary investigations as soon as it learns of your accident at work or commuting accident or an occupational disease.
- Depending on the damage to your health, consult a suitable doctor.
- In principle, you have a free choice of doctor. In the case of accidents at work, it is advisable to visit a doctor who is involved in the transitory doctor procedure of the statutory accident insurance. Alternatively, your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund can help you find a suitable doctor.
- Inform your doctor that the reason for your visit is a work accident, commuting accident or occupational illness.
- You can find out which employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund is responsible for you on the website of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV).
You can also contact your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund online or by post.
Online service:
- Call up the online service.
- You will be guided through the procedure on the accident insurance service portal.
-
You can log in.
- If you would like to receive a reply from your Berufsgenossenschaft or accident insurance fund in the mailbox of your BundID account or My Company Account, you must have an account and authenticate yourself.
- If you would like to receive the reply by post, you can continue without registering.
- Select your responsible employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund or find them using the industry search.
- Upload the required documents.
- Complete the online form and send it off.
- Your notification will be automatically forwarded to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- You will receive feedback via the desired channel.
Online service of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund:
- If you have access to the portal of your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund, you can also submit the notification electronically there if necessary.
Message by post:
- Send an informal letter to your employers' liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
- Make sure you provide the required information and enclose the necessary documents.
Immediate treatment by the doctor
There is no deadline.
- Appeal
- Detailed information on how to lodge an appeal can be found in the notification from your employer's liability insurance association or accident insurance fund.
Forms available: No
Written form required: No
Informal application possible: Yes
Personal appearance required: No
Online services available: Yes
German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)
Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal
Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS)
06.01.2023
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.