The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) mandate businesses, or individuals who supervise or oversee the facilities in limited cases, to report to the appropriate authorities and preserve documentation of:
Work-related deaths;
Work-related accidents that cause specific injuries to workers or result in a worker being incapacitated for more than seven consecutive days (see the RIDDOR site);
cases of those industrial diseases listed in RIDDOR;
certain "dangerous occurrences" (near-miss accidents);
Injuries to a public member caused in an accident at the workplace being taken to hospital from the site for treatment;
Except for over-seven-day injuries, all categories above must be reported to the enforcement authority as promptly as possible and followed up with a written notice within ten days. Reports of injuries older than seven days go to the enforcement authority within fifteen days.
Records are kept for all "over-three-day injuries," in which an incapacitated worker is absent for longer than three days. Over-three-day accidents do not need reporting. If you are an employer, you maintain an accident book through the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979. An entry regarding an injury lasting more than three days is adequate for RIDDOR criteria.
'Incapacitated', unable to do the duties as part of their position. The period for a more-than-three-day or more-than-seven-day injury will not include the day of the event except for any weekends or rest periods.
Parrotias’ resource library contains several templates designed for RIDDOR requirements.
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) mandate businesses, or individuals who supervise or oversee the facilities in limited cases, to report to the appropriate authorities and preserve documentation of:
Work-related deaths;
Work-related accidents that cause specific injuries to workers or result in a worker being incapacitated for more than seven consecutive days (see the RIDDOR site);
cases of those industrial diseases listed in RIDDOR;
certain "dangerous occurrences" (near-miss accidents);
Injuries to a public member caused in an accident at the workplace being taken to hospital from the site for treatment;
Except for over-seven-day injuries, all categories above must be reported to the enforcement authority as promptly as possible and followed up with a written notice within ten days. Reports of injuries older than seven days go to the enforcement authority within fifteen days.
Records are kept for all "over-three-day injuries," in which an incapacitated worker is absent for longer than three days. Over-three-day accidents do not need reporting. If you are an employer, you maintain an accident book through the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979. An entry regarding an injury lasting more than three days is adequate for RIDDOR criteria.
'Incapacitated', unable to do the duties as part of their position. The period for a more-than-three-day or more-than-seven-day injury will not include the day of the event except for any weekends or rest periods.
Parrotias’ resource library contains several templates designed for RIDDOR requirements.