The Accidents and Occupational Diseases (Notification) Act, Cap 330 R.E. 2023
The state in the exercise of her oversight and prevention of losses caused by accidents, enacted Act No. 25 of 1953; Cap. 330 in order “to provide for the notification of accidents and occupational diseases”. It requires employers and medical practitioners to report workplace accidents, deaths and specified occupational diseases to labour authorities and gives the state the responsibility to investigate, collect statistics, and prevent recurrences. The Act also empowers the Minister to order formal investigations and to extend notification to dangerous occurrences explosions, building collapses, machinery failures, tightening enforcement and serious risk investigation.
