According to the Social Insurance and General Healthcare Insurance Code No. 5510, which is the primary law of the Turkish Social Security System, a “work accident” is defined as an event that occurs in a person’s working life in one of the situations listed in mentioned law and renders the insured physically or mentally disabled.
The cases of work accidents listed in Law No. 5510 are as follows:
- The accident which happened while the insured is at work,
- The accident which happened due to the work carried out by the employer,
- For the insured person working under an employer, the accident which happened during the time that is being spend without performing his/her main job due to being sent to another place outside the workplace by the employer,
- For the breastfeeding insured woman working under a service contract, the accident which happened during the time allocated to breastfeed her child in accordance with the the Turkish Labour Legislation,
- The accident which happened during the insured’s transportation to and from the place where the work is done, with a vehicle provided by the employer,
- If he/she works independently in his/her own name and account, the accident which has happened due to the work he/she carries out.
When to make the notification for a work accident?
Notification of work accidents of insured employees subject to a service contract must be made by their employers.
Employers are required to make the notification to the law enforcement forces immediately. The notification must be made to the Social Security Institution within three business days after the date of the incident.
For example, for the insured who had a work accident on Monday, the work accident notification to the Institution must be made at the latest on Thursday, and for the insured who had a work accident on Wednesday, the work accident notification to the Institution must be made at the latest on Monday.
Work accident notifications of insured employees subject to a service contract are required to be made via e-insurance application online system (click for application: http://uyg.sgk.gov.tr/IsvBildirimFormu/welcome.do) or as hard copt as to sending “the Declaration of Work Accident and Occupational Disease” to the Social Security Provincial Directorate / Social Security Center directly or by mail.
The specified form can be downloaded to the computer in Excel format by clicking on the “SGK-032-Work Accident and Occupational Disease Notification Form” link at http://eski.sgk.gov.tr/wps/portal/sgk/tr/calisan/form_ve_dilekceler/formlar.
Notification of Work Accidents of Self- Employed
Insured people who work independently on their own behalf and on their own account must report work accidents themselves. (4/b) insured are required to notify the work accident to the Social Security Institution within three business days after the day on which their illness does not prevent them from making a notification, provided that it does not exceed one month.
