RIDDOR is the law that requires employers, and anyone else with responsibility for health and safety within a workplace, to report and keep records of:
This leaflet identifies what is required from employers and provides updated information about RIDDOR.
Please note that the law changed on 6 April 2012. If a worker sustains an occupational injury resulting from an accident, their injury should be reported if they are incapacitated for more than seven days. There is no longer a requirement to report occupational injuries that result in more than three days of incapacitation, but you must still keep a record of such injuries.
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