Industrial injuries

• Quick overview – the most important steps
• What is an industrial injury?
• Legislation
• Are you and your injury covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act?
• What type of compensation can you expect
• Workers' compensation act
• How to report an Industrial Injury
• Has your industrial injury been reported
• When an injury is reported
• How to complain
• Resumption
• Information to surviving dependants

 

How to report an Industrial Injury?

For citizens wanting to report an industrial injury themselves

If you wish to report an accident at work or an occupational disease, you can fill in one of the forms below.
The forms should be completed on the computer, printed and then signed by hand.

• Accident at Work Claim Form (pdf) 
• Occupational Disease Claim Form (pdf)

Send the signed form to:
Arbejdsskadestyrelsen
Sankt Kjelds Plads 11
DK-2100 Copenhagen


About the forms
To ensure that the forms work correctly, you need to use Adobe Reader version 7.0.8 or later to open the forms.

• Download the latest version of Adobe Reader from Adobe's website 

For employers

Businesses and organisations (employers) must report industrial injuries through the  electronic reporting system EASY. 
The system is only available in a Danish language version.

• Start EASY – electronic reporting of industrial injuries  

Employers who do not have a computer with internet access or a Danish CVR number can apply for dispensation form digital reporting.

For doctors and dentists

Doctor and dentists do not use EASY, but ESS for "reporting of occupational diseases".
The system is only available in a Danish language version.

• Start reporting of occupational diseases
• Test if your PC is ready for reporting of occupational diseases (ESS) after 1st July 2010

This page was last modified on 18. januar 2012