Who will bear the medical expenses of sudden diseases on the construction site?

The medical expenses of sudden diseases on site shall be borne by the person in charge on site. According to the relevant laws and regulations, those who are injured by accidents during working hours and workplaces due to work reasons, die of sudden illness during working hours and jobs, or die after being rescued within 48 hours are regarded as work-related injuries. The losses thus caused shall be compensated by social security or the unit. Workers who are seriously injured and identified as disabled may also claim compensation for one-time disability allowance, one-time work-related injury medical allowance, one-time disability employment allowance and other items. Other circumstances, in accordance with the relevant provisions, enjoy the treatment of work-related injury insurance except one-time disability allowance.

If an employee has an accident injury or is diagnosed and identified as an occupational disease in accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases, the unit to which he belongs shall, within 30 days from the date of the accident injury or the date of diagnosis and identification as an occupational disease, apply to the social insurance administrative department in the overall planning area for work-related injury identification. Under special circumstances, with the consent of the administrative department of social insurance, the application time limit may be appropriately extended. If the employing unit fails to apply for work-related injury identification in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the employees with work-related injuries or their close relatives and trade unions may directly apply for work-related injury identification to the social insurance administrative department where the employing unit is located within 1 year from the date of the accident injury or the date of being diagnosed as an occupational disease.

Legal basis: Article 15 of the Regulations on Industrial Injury Insurance.

Workers in any of the following circumstances shall be recognized as work-related injuries:

(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.