How to identify work-related injuries in heatstroke

Legal analysis: heatstroke during working hours is recognized as a work-related injury. The Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance stipulates that those who suffer from occupational diseases can be identified as work-related injuries.

The Measures for the Administration of Heatstroke Prevention and Cooling Measures also clearly points out that workers who suffer from heatstroke due to high-temperature operation are diagnosed as occupational diseases and identified as work-related injuries and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits.

Workers suffering from heatstroke due to hot weather can apply for work-related injury identification and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits if they meet the requirements.

Workers who die of heatstroke during working hours and jobs or die after being rescued within 48 hours after heatstroke are regarded as work-related injuries and enjoy work-related injury insurance benefits.

In addition, pregnant female workers, underage workers and other personnel shall not be arranged to work in high temperature weather above 35℃.

Therefore, heatstroke caused by labor in a high temperature environment should belong to work-related injuries.

Legal basis: Regulations on Industrial Injury Insurance

Fourteenth employees in any of the following circumstances, should be identified as work-related injuries:

(1) Being injured by an accident during working hours and in the workplace;

(two) before and after working hours, in the workplace, engaged in preparatory or finishing work related to the work and was injured by an accident;

(three) during working hours and workplaces, due to the performance of duties by violence and other accidental injuries;

(4) Suffering from occupational diseases;

(five) during the business trip, injured or missing due to work reasons;

(six) on the way to work, I was injured by a traffic accident or an urban rail transit, passenger ferry or train accident for which I was not primarily responsible;

(seven) other circumstances that should be recognized as work-related injuries as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

Fifteenth employees in any of the following circumstances, as a work-related injury:

(a) died of sudden illness during working hours and at work, or died within 48 hours after being rescued;

(2) safeguarding national interests and public interests in emergency rescue and disaster relief activities;

(3) An employee who was formerly in the army and was disabled due to war or business has obtained a revolutionary disabled soldier's certificate, and the old injury recurs after going to the employer.

Employees who fall under the circumstances mentioned in Items (1) and (2) of the preceding paragraph shall enjoy the treatment of work-related injury insurance in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Regulations; In case of item (3) of the preceding paragraph, the employees shall enjoy the treatment of work-related injury insurance in addition to the one-time disability allowance in accordance with the relevant provisions of these regulations.