Health and Safety-accidents
Accident reporting, investigation and RIDDOR
95
RIDDOR 95 stands for the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995. Reporting accidents and ill
health at work is a legal requirement. The information enables the
enforcing authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to
investigate serious accidents. The enforcing authorities can then
help and advise you on preventive action to reduce injury, ill
health and accidental loss. You must report all:
- Deaths
- Major injuries
- Accidents resulting in any staff member having three
days off work
- Notifiable diseases
- Dangerous occurrences
- Injuries to customers/members of the public requiring removal
to hospital via an ambulance
From September 2011 all
accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences must be reported to
the HSE via their website.
Report an
accident or
find out further information.
The HSE will forward details of incidents to the relevant
enforcing authority, which is Broxbourne Council if your
business is:
- Office based
- Retail or wholesale
- Warehousing
- Hotel and catering
- Sports or leisure
- A place of worship
- Pre-school child care
- Mobile vending
For all other types of business it will be forwarded to the area
office of the Health and Safety Executive for investigation.