RIDDOR (1995) places a legal duty on employers, the self-employed and those responsible for premises to report certain workplace injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences. Reportable incidents include deaths, major injuries such as fractures or amputations, over-3-day injuries, some work-related diseases, and dangerous occurrences that could have caused injury. Incidents must be reported to the Incident Contact Centre without delay for serious incidents and within 10 days for over-3-day injuries. The aim is to raise awareness of workplace risks and improve health and safety legislation and practices.
2. RIDDOR
• Aim – To raise awareness of the RIDDOR process.
• Objectives
• What constitutes a report under RIDDOR (1995)
• How to report.
• Why we report and the benefits of doing so.
3. Reporting
• Who must report?
• RIDDOR places a legal duty on
• Employers
• Self Employed
• Persons responsible for premises
• Why should I report?
• It is a legal requirement
• Identification of risk (HSE and LA)
• Working practices and legislation informed and improved
• A process of risk reduction.
4. Reporting
• What should be reported?
• Deaths.
• major injuries.
• over-3-day injuries – where an employee or self-employed person is
away from work or unable to perform their normal work duties for
more than 3 consecutive days after the day the injury occurred.
• injuries to members of the public or people not at work where they
are taken from the scene of an accident to hospital.
• some work-related diseases.
• dangerous occurrences – where something happens that does not
result in an injury, but could have done.
• Gas Safe registered gas fitters must also report dangerous gas
fittings they find, and gas conveyors/suppliers must report some
flammable gas incidents.
5. What if you report a H&S risk to your
linemanager but are not satisfied?
• Whistleblowing Legislation
• The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 protects workers who 'blow
the whistle' about wrongdoing. It applies where a worker has a
reasonable belief that their disclosure tends to show one or more
of the following offences or breaches:
• A criminal offence.
• The breach of a legal obligation.
• A miscarriage of justice.
• A danger to the health and safety of any individual.
• Damage to the environment.
• Deliberate covering up of information tending to show any of the
above.
6. Whistleblowing
• Public Concern at Work, founded in 1993, is
the leading authority on public interest
whistleblowing.
• Promotes compliance with the law and good
practices
• Public Concern at Work can be contacted on
020 7404 6609 or email helpline@pcaw.co.uk
7. Injuries
• Deaths.
• major injuries.
• What constitutes a major injury?
• fracture, other than to fingers, thumbs and toes;
• amputation;
• dislocation of the shoulder, hip, knee or spine;
• loss of sight (temporary or permanent);
• chemical or hot metal burn to the eye or any penetrating injury to the eye;
• injury resulting from an electric shock or electrical burn leading to
unconsciousness, or requiring resuscitation or admittance to hospital for
more than 24 hours;
8. Injuries
• any other injury: leading to hypothermia, heat-induced illness or unconsciousness; or
requiring resuscitation; or requiring admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours;
• unconsciousness caused by asphyxia or exposure to harmful substance or biological
agent;
• acute illness requiring medical treatment, or loss of consciousness arising from
absorption of any substance by inhalation, ingestion or through the skin;
• acute illness requiring medical treatment where there is reason to believe that this
resulted from exposure to a biological agent or its toxins or infected material
• over-3-day injuries – where an employee or self-employed
person is away from work or unable to perform their normal
work duties for more than 3 consecutive days after the day
the injury occurred.
9. Diseases
• A work related disease is any chronic ailment
that occurs as a result of work or occupational
activity.
• Lung diseases – asbestosis, black lung
(coalworkers pneumoconiosis).
• Dust / Chemical Inhalation
• Skin diseases –
dermatitis, eczema, sunburn, skin cancer.
10. Dangerous Occurences
• Dangerous occurrences – where something happens that
does not result in an injury, but could have done.
• Scaffold Collapse >5m or by water.
• Boiler Explosion
• Electrical short circuit or overload causing a fire or explosion.
• Train collisions with any vehicle.
• Plant or equipment colliding with overhead power lines.
• Failure of freight containers.
11. Regulations
• Regulations....?
• Control individual and societal behaviour
• Produce outcomes that might not otherwise
occur.
• Result in cost for some and benefits for
others.
• If efficient benefits should outweigh the costs.
• Are law, approved by Parliament.
12. How to report an incident.
• The Incident Contact Centre (ICC) is a ‘one-stop’ reporting service for
work-related health and safety incidents in the UK
• Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 5:00pm
• 0845 300 99 23 riddor@connaught.plc.uk
• All information will remain confidential.
• You receive a copy of the information recorded to file - this meets the
RIDDOR requirement to keep records of all reportable incidents.
• For further information - www.hse.gov.uk
13. How soon to report
• Death, Major injury, Dangerous Occurences?
• Without Delay
• Injuries resulting in more than 3 consecutive
days off work?
• Within 10 days of the incident.
• Work related diseases?
• As soon as the employer receives confirmation
from a doctor.
14. Re-Cap
• RIDDOR stands for?
• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases, and
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (1995)
• Who reports?
• What constitutes making a report?
• How do we report?