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 be replaced with eight categories of reportable work-related illness
Fewer types of ‘dangerous occurrence’ will require reporting (more…)

By: Dee Newton
Date: October 7, 2013

Topics: accidents, HSE, reporting, RIDDOR

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