Health and Safety Executive

Contacting HSE out of hours

Is HSE the right organisation to contact? - a guide to HSE's responsibilities and contact details for other government organisations who might be able to help you.

Do I need to contact HSE out of hours?

The type of circumstances where HSE may need to respond out of hours are:

  • following a work-related death
  • following a serious incident where there have been multiple casualties
  • following an incident which has caused major disruption such as evacuation of people, closure of roads, large numbers of people going to hospital etc

If your incident fits these descriptions ring the duty officer on 0151 922 9235.

If you wish to report diseases, dangerous occurrences or work-related accidents resulting in work-related injury other than that mentioned above, the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) site provides more information.


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Updated: 26.01.12