According to RIDDOR 2013 who should all employers report all serious accidents and injuries that result in an employee needing more than seven days off work?
HSE (Health and Safety Executive)
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Why should a serious occurence that has not caused an injury (a near miss) should still be reported?
Next time it happens things might not work out as well.
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Examples of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous occurrences that would need to be reported
A joiner cuts off a finger while using a circular saw.
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A plumber takes a week off after a splinter in his/her/their hand becomes infected.
A ground operative contracts Leptospirosis
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A labourer contracts dermatitis (a serious skin problem) after contact with an irritant substance
A Scaffold suffers a acollapse following severe weather, unauthorised alteration or overloading but no one is injured
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What is the purpose of RIDDOR?
It is to enable the HSE to investigate serious incidents and collaborate statistical data. The information is used to help reduce the number of similar accidents happening in future and to make the workplace safer.
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Where must accidents be recorded when the are not reported to the HSE?
In the accident book
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What is the purpose of the Accident Book?
This provides a record of what happened and is useful for future references. Trends may occur and the employer may take action to try to prevent that particular type of accident occuring again.
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Why should a serious occurence that has not caused an injury (a near miss) should still be reported?
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Next time it happens things might not work out as well.
Card 3
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Examples of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous occurrences that would need to be reported
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Card 4
Front
A plumber takes a week off after a splinter in his/her/their hand becomes infected.
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Card 5
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A labourer contracts dermatitis (a serious skin problem) after contact with an irritant substance
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