Definition
Occupational injury - an injury which results from a work-related event or a single instantaneous exposure in the work environment. If one person is injured in more than one occupational accident during the reference period, each case of injury to that person should be counted separately. Recurrent absences due to an injury resulting from a single occupational accident should be treated as the continuation of the same case of occupational injury not as a new case. Where more than one (1) person is injured in a single accident, each case of occupational injury should be counted separately.
Permanent incapacity - case where the injured person was unable to work from the day after the accidents and, 1) was never able to perform again the normal duties of work in the job or position occupied at the time of the occupational accident causing the injury, or 2.) will be able to perform the same job but his/her total absence from work is expected to exceed a year from the day of the accident.
Lost workdays - working days (consecutive or staggered) for which the injured person was not able to work, starting the day after the accident. If the person is still absent from work by the end of the reference year, the days lost cover the period from the day after the accident up to the end of the reference year. Temporary absences from work of less than one day for medical treatment should not be included in days lost.
