Announcement No. 19/2020 of the Rector of TUL of 2 November 2020 issued on the basis of Ordinance No. 21/2020 of the Rector of TUL of 9 March 2020 on specific measures related to prevention, counteraction and control of the SARS-CoV-2 virus at TUL

Rules of conduct in case of an accident during remote work or training using distance learning methods and techniques.

1. An employee, student or PhD student who has suffered an accident during remote work or training using remote learning methods and techniques, if his health allows it, is obliged to immediately inform the Occupational Health and Safety Section by phone and/or e-mail about this fact and:

  1. in the case of employees– the immediate superior;
  2. in case of students and doctoral students – the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs (the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs, referred to in this Announcement, should also be understood as the Director of the College for college students, the Director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Lodz University of Technology for doctoral students of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School and the head of doctoral studies for participant’s doctoral studies).

2. Immediately after receiving information about the accident, the immediate supervisor of the employee who has suffered an accident or the appropriate Vice-Dean for Student Affairs is obliged to report the accident on the appropriate forms:

  1. for students and doctoral students according to the template "Reporting an accident of a student / doctoral student during training with the use of distance learning methods and techniques" constituting Appendix 1 to the ordinance;
  2. for employees according to the template "Reporting an employee accident during remote work" constituting Appendix 2 to the ordinance.

The completed form should be submitted to the Occupational Health and Safety Section in person, by internal mail or by sending a signed scan to the e-mail address: rah@adm.p.lodz.pl.

3. Each accident occurring during work or training with the use of distance learning methods and techniques will be considered individually by the accident investigation team.

4. The accident investigation team will determine the circumstances and causes of the accident each time, and will also draw up a post-accident protocol for the employee / student / doctoral student. The protocol will assess whether the incident meets the definition of an accident and may be considered an accident at work of an employee / an accident during the student's / PhD student's education.

5. The Announcement shall enter into force on 2 November 2020.