RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
Legal Duties
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) place a duty on employers to report certain accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences to the relevant enforcing authority, typically the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or the local authority.
Guidance
In practice, the most straightforward action is to make the report to the Incident Contact Centre (ICC) in Caerphilly. Reports can be made by a variety of methods, but the quickest and most straightforward is by telephone. The ICC will then return a copy of the report for you to inspect and correct if necessary. You will receive a copy of the final report, which satisfies your statutory obligation to keep records of all reportable incidents. In addition, the ICC will send a copy of the report to the appropriate enforcing authority.
The law requires that the following work-related incidents be reported:
Injuries from accidents involving vehicles travelling on the public highway are subject to the Road Traffic Act and should be reported accordingly, normally to the police.
If your premises fall within the scope of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations, then any major accidents must be reported to the Health and Safety Executive. Information must include:
Although the Regulations specify varying timescales for reporting different types of incidents, it is advisable to ring and report the incident as soon as possible by calling the Incident Contact Centre. In cases of death, major injury, or dangerous occurrences, you must notify the enforcing authority without delay, most easily by calling the Incident Contact Centre.
Cases of over-three day injuries must be notified within ten days of the incident occurring. Cases of disease should be reported as soon as a doctor notifies you that your employee suffers from a reportable work-related disease.
Accident Investigation
There is not a legal obligation for an employer to investigate accidents and incidents but it is recommended in the RIDDOR approved code of practice. It is therefore good practice that all accidents and incidents are investigated to prevent recurrences.
Where applicable, the employer should inform a duly appointed safety representative after a notifiable accident in order to allow that representative to conduct an investigation under provisions contained within the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations.
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The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) place a duty on employers to report certain accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences to the relevant enforcing authority, typically the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or the local authority.
Guidance
In practice, the most straightforward action is to make the report to the Incident Contact Centre (ICC) in Caerphilly. Reports can be made by a variety of methods, but the quickest and most straightforward is by telephone. The ICC will then return a copy of the report for you to inspect and correct if necessary. You will receive a copy of the final report, which satisfies your statutory obligation to keep records of all reportable incidents. In addition, the ICC will send a copy of the report to the appropriate enforcing authority.
The law requires that the following work-related incidents be reported:
- Deaths
- Major injuries
- Over-3-day injuries – where an employee or self-employed person has an accident and is away from work or unable to work normally for more than 3 days.
- Injuries to members of the public that results in hospitalisation
- Work-related diseases
- Dangerous occurrences – where something happens that does not result in a reportable injury but which could have done.
Injuries from accidents involving vehicles travelling on the public highway are subject to the Road Traffic Act and should be reported accordingly, normally to the police.
If your premises fall within the scope of the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations, then any major accidents must be reported to the Health and Safety Executive. Information must include:
- Circumstances of the accident
- Any dangerous substances involved
- Assessment of the effects of the accident on persons and the environment
- Emergency procedures taken
- Measures required to alleviate medium and long-term effects of the accident.
- Measures to prevent reoccurrence
Although the Regulations specify varying timescales for reporting different types of incidents, it is advisable to ring and report the incident as soon as possible by calling the Incident Contact Centre. In cases of death, major injury, or dangerous occurrences, you must notify the enforcing authority without delay, most easily by calling the Incident Contact Centre.
Cases of over-three day injuries must be notified within ten days of the incident occurring. Cases of disease should be reported as soon as a doctor notifies you that your employee suffers from a reportable work-related disease.
Accident Investigation
There is not a legal obligation for an employer to investigate accidents and incidents but it is recommended in the RIDDOR approved code of practice. It is therefore good practice that all accidents and incidents are investigated to prevent recurrences.
Where applicable, the employer should inform a duly appointed safety representative after a notifiable accident in order to allow that representative to conduct an investigation under provisions contained within the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations.
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- Death, major injury, or dangerous occurrences, you must notify the enforcing authority without delay
- Cases of over-three day injuries must be notified within ten days of the incident occurring
- Cases of disease should be reported as soon as a doctor notifies you that your employee suffers from a reportable work-related disease
- All accidents and incidents are investigated to prevent recurrences
Additional Services
EDP consists of the the following divisions:-
Contact Us - for full HSE Compliance and Risk Management in the workplace.