Business

Accidents

Reporting of injuries diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995 (RIDDOR)

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.

Reporting accidents and work-related diseases at work is a legal requirement. It enables identification of where and how risks arise and investigation of serious accidents by the the enforcing authority. You must report a death or major injury (e.g. fracture other than to fingers, thumbs and toes, loss of sight), an over-three-day injury (i.e. where 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), an accident involving a member of the public who has to go straight to hospital, a work-related disease and a dangerous occurrence (i.e. when something happens that does not result in a reportable injury but could have done).

There's been an accident. What should I do?

You must report the accident/incident/disease without delay to the Incident contact centre at Caerphilly:

• The telephone service is available Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm and they will ask for brief details about your business, the injured person and the accident.

I have been in an accident and no one has contacted me?

Your employer or the business owner (if you're a member of the public) may not have reported the incident. Not all accidents are investigated at the time although the circumstances may be followed up at the next inspection of the premises. Contact our division to find out if your incident has been reported.

Contact Details

Contact name

Incident Contact Centre

Telephone

01787 313995

Fax

0845 300 9924

Email

riddor@natbrit.com