Reporting Accidents and Ill-health in the Workplace

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 is the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.

It is a legal requirement to report accidents and ill health at work. 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:

• a death or major injury;
• an over-three-day injury (that is when an employee or self-employed person has an accident at work and is unable to work for over three days, but does not have a major injury);
• a work-related disease; and
• a dangerous occurrence (this is when something happens that does not result in a reportable injury, but which clearly could have done).

How do I report?

From 12 September 2011, all reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences is to be forwarded to the Incident Contact Centre using the following link: |HSE online reporting system.

Fatal and major injuries can also be reported by telephone to the Incident Contact Centre by telephone: 0845 300 9923 (Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm).

Reporting Out of Hours

The HSE and local authority enforcement officers are not an emergency service.

More information on when, and how, to report very serious or dangerous incidents, can be found by visiting the |HSE out of hours webpage.

If you use the internet or telephone 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 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 ICC is a joint venture between HSE and the local authorities.

Further information

• Contact |Environmental Health & Licensing or visit our |Health & Safety webpages.