reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations
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The presentation states that the responsible people (employers, self-employed and people in control of work premises) is accountable to report serious accidents, occupational diseases and other dangerous occurrences inside the workplace.TRANSCRIPT
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Health and Safety Executive
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
Ron GriffithsHM Inspector of Health and SafetyHSE, Field Operations Directorate
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Consequences?
Girl Dies after Slipping on Ice – The Sun (2009)
Boy, 10, Dies on School Field Trip – The Sun (2007)
Pupil critical after falling through school roof while trying to retrieve a football – Daily Mail
Ban scrums in school rugby to stop brain injuries - professor – The Scotsman (2010)
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RIDDOR purpose
• Guide regulatory activities – investigations & enforcement where
appropriate– intelligence (planning, strategies,
targeting, developing guidance)– statistics (trends, evidence base, target
activities, monitor progress)
• Meet legal obligations (European & UK law)
• Feed into employers’ health and safety management systems show how risks arise and show trends to inform accident prevention work
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RIDDOR barriers
• Lack of awareness
• Complexity & scale of RIDDOR
• Potential HSE investigation – ramifications of enforcement
• Liability to personal injury claims
• Statistical value (benefits) not apparent
?Under reporting
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RIDDOR
• Under reporting
• 2009/10 – Non-fatal injuries to employees
57% (58% 08/09, 50% 07/08)
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RIDDOR
Statistics sources:
• https://handson.hse.gov.uk/hse/public/home.aspx
• http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/index.htm
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What to report?
• Fatality• Major injury • Hospital treatment• Dangerous occurrence• Over three days – unable to do normal work (Lord
Young Report – Consultation on the proposal to amend to over 7 days)
• Disease – (employee only) diagnosed by medic, engaged in listed work activity
Regulatory authority needs to be informed of the following ‘arising out of or in connection with work activity’:
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RIDDOR
• Deaths & Injuries – Necessary elements:
• Accident
• That arises out of or is connected to the work activity
• Results in a death, major or O3D * injury for people at work (Not day of accident, 3 consecutive days, need not immediately follow the day of the accident)
• Death, taken from the site to a hospital for treatment – not at work
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RIDDOR
• Occupational Diseases:
• Reg 5, Schedule 3
• Must be diagnosed by a registered medical practioner (doctor)
• Sufferer must be doing the work activity listed for that disease – eg hand arm vibration syndrome – must work with vibrating tools – grinding, etc.
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How to report? – the process
• Responsible person (e.g. employer or person in control of premises)
• Quickest practicable means (e.g. telephone, fax, email) to the Contact Centre (ICC / single point of contact
• www.hse.gov.uk/riddor
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How to report?
• Use of appropriate forms (F2508 or F2508A)
• Adequate details– Contact details for follow up– Sufficient details to inform
investigation selection criteria e.g. agent involved, circumstances,
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Dangerous occurrencesRIDDOR Regulation 3, Schedule 2(1)
• Schedule 2 of RIDDOR
• DO 1 – Lifting Machinery
• DO 2 – Failure of closed vessel – potential to cause death
• DO 5 – Electrical short circuit – fire & explosion – stoppage of plant for more than 24 hours
RIDDOR Regulation 3, Schedule 2(1)
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RIDDORDangerous Occurrences
• DO 19 – Explosion and Fire – In any plant or premises that results in suspension of normal work for more than 24 hours.
• DO 20 – Escape of Flammable Substances – Inside a building (100 KG liquid, 10 KG liquid above its boiling point, 10KG gas) – Open air – 500 KGs (Flammable = CHIP 2002)
• DO 21 – Escape of Substances – Any substance in a quantity sufficient to cause death, major injury or any other damage to the health of any person.
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RIDDOR
• Key facts:-
• 152 fatal accidents at work
• 121, 430 other injuries to employees (233,000 – Labour Force Survey)
• 28.5 million working days lost (1.2 per worker)
• 23.4 million due to work-related ill health
• 1033 Offences prosecuted by HSE (287 LA)
• 15,881 – Enforcement Notices
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Investigation selection criteria
• HSE reviews F2508/F2508A
• Assesses against mandatory investigation selection criteria
• Allocates for investigation.
• Mandatory investigations:-
• Deaths, certain major injuries automatically considered for investigation (other major and O3D injury reports should be checked for indicators of possible serious breaches of health and safety law).
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RIDDOR - Guidance
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RIDDOR Q&A
• Arising out of, or connected to the work activity?
• Accident?
• Reportable injury?
• Reportable occupational disease?
• Who reports?
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RIDDOR – Q&A 1• Assault on student – Reportable?• NO
• Verbal assault on staff member – Reportable?• NO
• Occupational stress – Reportable?• NO
• Chair breaks – person at work injures spine – Reportable?• Yes – Major or O3D
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RIDDOR Q&A 2
• Student injured because of faulty college equipment when on field trip – who reports?
• Person in control of premises
• Lecturer injured when slips on floor when wet after cleaning – reportable?
• Yes – if Major or O3D
• Student climbs college wall for a bet and falls injuring themselves – Reportable?
• No
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RIDDOR Q&A 3
• Member of staff absent for 5 days after physical assault – reportable?
• Yes (Physical or psychological?)
• Student has seizure, falls to ground injuring head and is taken to hospital and receives treatment – Reportable?
• NO
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Summary
Not all reportable incidents will be investigated by HSE
Not all RIDDOR reportable
All incidents should be analysed and lessons learned & shared
Provide reports promptly
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RIDDOR Consultation
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RIDDOR Consultation
• O3D to O7D
• Lord Young “Common Sense, Common Safety”
• O7D – aligns with “fit note” (excludes the day of the accident).
• http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd233.htm
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RIDDOR - Consultation
• The impact assessment’s main findings are that, if implemented, Lord Young’s recommended change will result in a 28% reduction in the number of reports made by business to the regulators, realising:-
• a net benefit to business of £1.7 millions over a ten-year equivalent period and
• a net saving to central and local government of £3.8 millions over the same ten-year period.
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Questions?