Health and safety

 
 

Reporting Accidents/Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences

The Health and Safety Team receive several hundred reports throughout the year in relation to injuries, dangerous occurrences or occupational diseases resulting from working activities.

These reports come from a number of different sources including:

  • Companies who under the Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR), are legally required to report certain incidents to us
  • Concerned members of the public
  • Employees Emergency services
  • Other organisations

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Not all RIDDOR notified incidents will be investigated. We devote most of our available resources to the more serious accidents such as major accidents and fatalities we endeavor to investigate 10% of all in-coming accident reports. 

How can we help you?

If you have had an accident at work or know someone who has suffered an injury from work activities, we are committed to investigating the matter with a view to:

  • establishing the cause
  • minimising the risk of recurrence
  • evaluating health and safety arrangements
  • providing health and safety assistance, and
  • taking enforcement action where appropriate (see Enforcement Options)

 

Reporting an Incident

All accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences that are reportable under RIDDOR must be reported to the Incident Contact Centre (ICC). The Contact Centre was established on 1st April 2001 as a single point of contact for reporting all incidents in the UK.

You can report incidents by any of the following routes:

 

  • Directly to Incident Contact Centre (ICC)

This is a Government site for the Reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences.  this can be done by:-

Telephone: 0845 3009923 (available Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.00pm).
Internet: www.riddor.gov.uk

Fax: - 0845 3009924 (fax reporting form) or
Post to: Incident Contact Centre, Caerphilly Business Park, Caerphilly, CF83 3GG

  • Directly to your local HSE Office or Local Authority by completing and sending them the relevant hard copy form.
  • Alternatively a copy of the form needed to report an accident or dangerous occurrence can be obtained by contacting the department

 

Different types of Accident

 

Death or Major Injury

If there is an accident connected with work and

- an employee, or self employed person working on your premises is killed or suffers and major injury (including injuries as a result of physical violence);or

- a member of the public is killed or taken to hospital by any means.

Over three-day injury

If there is an accident with work (including an act of physical violence) and your employee, or self employed person working on your premises, suffers an injury that results in them being absent from work or unable to do their normal duties for more than 3 days.

Disease

If a Doctor notifies your that an employee suffers from a reportable work-related disease

Dangerous Occurrence

If something happens that does not result in a reportable injury, but which clearly should have done, it may be a dangerous occurrence.