Incident/Accident Management (SAP Library - EH&S Industrial Hygiene and Safety)

Incident/Accident Management

Purpose

This component enables you to enter and assess events, as well as report them to the responsible institutions or authorities if necessary.

In the Federal Republic of Germany, the following laws apply:

According to the Labor Protection Law (ArbSchG), every employer must record any accidents in his company that result in the death of an employee, or render an employee completely or partially incapable of work for a period of more than three days. Furthermore, the Code of Social Law states that employers are also obligated to report accidents that are notifiable according to the criteria given above to the responsible work-related injury insurer, in other words, to the workers‘ compensation associations. A copy of the accident report is sent to the trade supervisory authorities and to other organizations as necessary.

The incident/accident management component gives you the support you need to comply with such statutory requirements by providing the following functions:

Entry and editing of all relevant event data in an incident/accident log

Besides entering recordable accidents, you have the option of recording accidents that result in an employee being absent from work for less than three days, or not being absent at all. You can also enter any ‘near-accidents.‘

Automatic transfer of data from the injury/illness log to the incident/accident log if required

Creating and shipping of the accident report required by law for notifiable accidents in the SAP System

Evaluation of the incident/accident log

You can evaluate the data in the incident/accident log using the information system. For example, you can determine the 1000-employee quota or 1,000,000-hour quota.

Authorization management

Incident/accident log entries and accident reports can be displayed and edited only by employees who have the appropriate authorization. The authorization check takes place in incident/accident management using the incident/accident log entry type (authorization object C_EHSI_IAL).

Integration

With Other SAP EH&S Components

Function you require	Component or function required	More information
Data transfer from the Occupational Health component	Injury/illness log	In the application help for Occupational Health, see Injury/Illness Log Integration: Incident/Accident Log – Health Center Service – Injury/Illness Log
Assignment of an incident/accident log entry to a health center service that was created in Occupational Health for a person affected	Medical service	Integration: Incident/Accident Log – Health Center Service – Injury/Illness Log
Create and ship reports such as accident reports	Report functions in Product Safety including the components: Report generation Report shipping	In the application help for Product Safety: Report Generation Report Shipping

With Other SAP Components

Function you require	Component or function required
Use of employee data such as name, personnel number, marital status	Personnel Administration
Use of applicant data	Recruitment
Editing and use of data on external persons and on medical facilities used for further treatment	SAP Business Partners
Access to working time data and absences of employees, and possibly creation of absences	Time Management