Near miss reporting
What is a near miss? A near miss is defined as an event that, while not causing harm, has the potential to cause injury or ill health. Whilst near misses are usually individual events, they can also occur at the same time as accidents. An accident should also be reported as a near miss if […]
Annual workplace fatality figures for 2019/20
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released figures for 2019/20. The full annual workplace fatality figures can be found here. Lowest year on record The provisional annual data for work-related fatal accidents revealed that 111 workers were fatally injured at work between April 2019 and March 2020. This is a rate of 0.34 deaths […]
RIDDOR
From 1st October 2013 the requirements to report accidents to the HSE under RIDDOR have changed. The main changes will be to simplify the reporting requirements in the following areas: The classification of ‘major injuries’ to workers replaced with a shorter list of ‘specified injuries’ The existing schedule detailing 47 types of industrial disease to […]