Reporting Accidents to satisfy UK Health & Safety Law
Delphi’s health and safety team help you meet your legal obligations to report incidents under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 2013 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work (MHSW) Regulations 1999.
We advise you what constitutes a workplace injury, which incidents do and don’t need reporting and who from your workforce should complete reports when they are required.
Our experts inform you when an employee’s incapacitation or absence from work makes a report necessary, what details should be included and the timeframes within which a report is necessary under different circumstances of illness and injury.
RIDDOR INJURIES
The list of ‘specified injuries’ which must be reported under RIDDOR 2013 law includes:
- Broken bones and fractures, other than to fingers, thumbs and toes
- Amputations
- Injuries likely to lead to permanent loss of sight or reduction in sight
- Crush injuries to the head, torso, or causing damage to internal organs or the brain
- Serious burns (including scalding) which:
- Cover more than 10% of the body
- Cause damage to eyes, vital organs or the respiratory system
Scalping requiring hospital treatment
- Losses of consciousness caused by head injury or asphyxia
- Injuries arising from working in an enclosed space which:
- Lead to hypothermia or heat-induced illness
- Require resuscitation or admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours
RIDDOR DISEASES
Diagnoses of occupational diseases, when caused or made worse by work, must also be reported. The list of ‘specified diseases’ includes:
- Occupational dermatitis
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- Severe cramp of the hand or forearm
- Tendonitis or tenosynovitis of the hand or forearm
- Occupational asthma
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Diseases connected with exposure to a biological agent
- Diseases connected with exposure to a mutagen
- Occupational cancers
RIDDOR CLOSE CALLS
There are 27 categories of near misses and dangerous occurrences which must be reported under RIDDOR 2013 law, including the accidental release of a substance which may have caused injury to any person, the overturning or failure of lifts and lifting equipment, and when machinery or equipment comes into contact with overhead power lines.