RIDDOR is the acronym for Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013. The RIDDOR definition or an incident that is classed as ‘RIDDOR reportable’ is ‘A work related death, a work related specified major injury, a work related over-7-day incapacitation injury, a work related 3 day work incapacitaion injury, a work related disease or work related dangerous occurrence’. A full list of RIDDOR Reportable Accidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences is listed on the HSE.
In relation to employers – a Summary of these RIDDOR categories (taken from HSE Website)
1. The Death of any Person
All deaths to workers and non-workers, with the exception of suicides, must be reported if they arise from a work-related accident, including an act of physical violence to a worker. The key here is to identify if and how an incident is work related.
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3. A Work Related Over-7-day Incapacitation Injury
With any accident at work it’s important to have a system of reporting accidents so that you have early warning of accidents that result in lost time. This will help identify accidents that result in employees being away from work, or unable to perform their normal work duties, for more than seven consecutive days as the result of their injury. This seven day period does not include the day of the accident, but does include weekends and rest days. The report must be made within 15 days of the accident.
4. A Work Related 3 day Work Incapacitaion Injury
Accidents must be recorded, but not reported where they result in a worker being incapacitated for more than three consecutive days. If you are an employer, who must keep an accident book under the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979, that record will be enough. The requirement to report all accident and record in an accident book is give the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979 under Regulation 24 and 25 and not RIDDOR assome believe.
5. A Work Related Disease (Occupational Disease)
Employers must report diagnoses (by a medical practitioner) of certain occupational diseases, where these are likely to have been caused or made worse by their work
carpal tunnel syndrome;
severe cramp of the hand or forearm;
occupational dermatitis;
hand-arm vibration syndrome;
occupational asthma;
tendonitis or tenosynovitis of the hand or forearm;
any occupational cancer;
any disease attributed to an occupational exposure to a biological agent.
Case of Covid-19, or death due to, if an employee, that related to work practices
Dangerous occurrences are certain, specified near-miss events. Typically, they are serious near misses which, if persons were near involved would lead to fatalities or specified injuries to one or more persons. There are 27 Categories of Dangerous Occurrences (the specific details of each is given at the link) that are relevant to most workplaces, for example:
the collapse, overturning or failure of load-bearing parts of lifts and lifting equipment;
plant or equipment coming into contact with overhead power lines;
the accidental release of any substance which could cause injury to any person;
electrical incidents causing fire or explosion
failure of pressure systems (specified circumstances and parameters)
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