RIDDOR
RIDDOR
Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 2013
What is RIDDOR?
RIDDOR is the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations.
These regulations require employers, the self-employed and those in control of premises to report specified workplace incidents.
RIDDOR requires employers and others to report deaths, certain types of injury, some occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences that can be out of or in connection with work.
This covers incidents where the work activities, equipment or environment (including how work is carried out, organised or supervised) contributed in some way to the circumstances of the accident. Here are the eight steps to RIDDOR success!
These
steps show staff members just how
RIDDOR
works and how it’ll help them.
These are the statistics to show the amount of injury in a workplace.
The following are reportable, if they arise ‘out of or in connection with work’
The death of any person, whether or not they are at work accidents which result in an employee or a self-employed person dying.
Suffering a specified injury.
Being absent from work or unable to do their normal duties for more than seven accidents which result in a person not at work (e.g. a patient, service user, visitor).
Suffering an injury and being taken directly to a hospital for treatment, or if the accident happens at a hospital, if they suffer a specified injury an employee or self-employed person has one of the specified occupational diseases or is exposed to carcinogens, mutagens and biological agents specified dangerous occurrences, which may not result in a reportable injury, but have the potential to do significant harm.
Keeping
Who should report it?records.
You must keep a record of any
The ‘responsible person’ has the duty to notify and report. This may be the employer of an injured person, a self-employed person or someone in control of premises where work is carried out.
report and it must
Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 2013
What is RIDDOR?
RIDDOR is the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations.
These regulations require employers, the self-employed and those in control of premises to report specified workplace incidents.
RIDDOR requires employers and others to report deaths, certain types of injury, some occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences that can be out of or in connection with work.
This covers incidents where the work activities, equipment or environment (including how work is carried out, organised or supervised) contributed in some way to the circumstances of the accident. Here are the eight steps to RIDDOR success!
These
steps show staff members just how
RIDDOR
works and how it’ll help them.
These are the statistics to show the amount of injury in a workplace.
The following are reportable, if they arise ‘out of or in connection with work’
The death of any person, whether or not they are at work accidents which result in an employee or a self-employed person dying.
Suffering a specified injury.
Being absent from work or unable to do their normal duties for more than seven accidents which result in a person not at work (e.g. a patient, service user, visitor).
Suffering an injury and being taken directly to a hospital for treatment, or if the accident happens at a hospital, if they suffer a specified injury an employee or self-employed person has one of the specified occupational diseases or is exposed to carcinogens, mutagens and biological agents specified dangerous occurrences, which may not result in a reportable injury, but have the potential to do significant harm.
Keeping
Who should report it?records.
You must keep a record of any
The ‘responsible person’ has the duty to notify and report. This may be the employer of an injured person, a self-employed person or someone in control of premises where work is carried out.
report and it must