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I've had an accident: is it a work accident?

Any injury suffered in the course of or as a result of work is a work accident, including the journey to or from work.

What it is

Any bodily injury suffered in the course of or as a result of employed work.

«Se entiende por accidente de trabajo toda lesión corporal que el trabajador sufra con ocasión o por consecuencia del trabajo que ejecute por cuenta ajena.»

Art. 156 · Ley General de la Seguridad Social (RDLeg 8/2015). Verbatim quotation from the BOE, in Spanish. Official text in the BOE

The commute too

Accidents on the way to or from work.

«a) Los que sufra el trabajador al ir o al volver del lugar de trabajo.»

Art. 156 · Ley General de la Seguridad Social (RDLeg 8/2015). Verbatim quotation from the BOE, in Spanish. Official text in the BOE

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