Important RIDDOR changes
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that, subject to Parliamentary approval, the over three-day injury reporting requirement under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) will change from 6 April 2012.
From 6 April 2012 the trigger point after which an injury must be reported to enforcing authorities will increase from over three days’ to over seven days’ incapacitation. This will not count the day on which the accident happened.
The HSE has also clarified that “incapacitation” means that the worker is absent or is unable to do work that they would reasonably be expected to do as part of their normal work.
The safety watchdog is keen to stress that employers and others with responsibilities under RIDDOR must still keep a record of all over three-day injuries. If the employer has to keep an accident book, then this record will be enough.
It should also be noted that the deadline by which an over seven-day injury must be reported will increase to 15 days from the day of the accident.
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