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If you are an employer, self-employed or in control of work premises, you are required under RIDDOR to report some work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences.
What is |RIDDOR?
RIDDOR 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 |Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local authorities to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents.
You must report all of the following:
What's New?
The reporting procedure which has been in place since 1996 is being simplified and offers a facility to report all cases to a single point, the Incident Contact Centre (ICC), based at Caerphilly.
This new arrangement will be available for all incidents that occur on or after 1 April 2001.
The new centre will mean that you no longer need to be concerned about which office and which enforcing authority you should report to.
You can report incidents in a variety of ways, by telephone, fax, via the internet, or by post, making it more convenient for you. (The telephone service will be available Monday to Friday from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm). You can still report directly to your local HSE office or local authority (by phone and then on form 2508 or 2508A), and these reports will be forwarded to the ICC for processing.
If you use the internet or telephone service you may not have your own copy of the official reporting forms (2508 and 2508A) - the requirement to keep a record of reported incidents for inspection by visiting officers still remains. To help with this you will be sent a copy of your report and given the chance to correct any errors in it.
The new procedure will make reporting easier. It should also improve the quality of the information obtained, allowing for more detailed risk assessments to help HSE and local authorities get a better understanding of trends.
The ICC is a joint venture between HSE and the local authorities, following a period of market testing in Scotland.
Contacts:
Please send postal reports to the following address:
Incident Contact Centre
Caerphilly Business Park
Caerphilly, CF83 3GG
For internet reports please see the |RIDDOR website or you can link via the |HSE website (Health & Safety Executive)
Telephone (charged at local call rate): 0845 300 9923
Fax (charged at local call rate): 0845 300 9924
More information: