The Unfallkasse Baden-Württemberg (statutory accident insurance organization, UKBW) attributes infections with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that occurred after March 20, 2022, to the “general risk of life” and thus no longer covers them by the statutory accident insurance. This is due to the difficulty of verifying the transmission of the virus at the workplace to the required degree of proof. Thus, it is not impossible for an infection with the coronavirus to be recognized as a workplace accident, but it has become significantly more difficult.
However, if there is a clear chronological link between your infection and another infection at your workplace, we still advise you to report it as a workplace accident. You do not need to provide the name(s) of your infected colleague(s)–the UKBW will investigate this as required. The UKBW will review each case individually.
The current form for reporting an accident at work can be found in the download area of the HR department:
https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/136909#c696184 (login required, in German only)
For employees in the healthcare and nursing professions, COVID-19 qualifies as an occupational disease.
Updated: 07/2022