As an employer, a person who is self-employed, or someone in control of work premises, you have legal duties under RIDDOR that require you to report and record some work-related accidents by the quickest means possible.
You must report:
RIDDOR applies to all work activities but not all incidents are reportable. If someone has had an accident in a work situation where you are in charge, and you are unsure whether to report it just call the Incident Contact Centre (ICC) on 0845 300 99 23. .
You can also find details of reportable incidents by looking at RIDDOR in more detail.
Information supplied to HSE in a RIDDOR report is not passed on to your insurance company. If you think your insurer needs to know about a work related accident, injury, or case of ill health please remember to contact them separately - insurers have told us that reporting injuries and illnesses at work to them quickly could save you time and money.
If you are an employer, you must report any work-related deaths, injuries, cases of disease, or near misses involving your employees wherever they are working by calling the Incident Contact Centre as soon as possible, or report using an alternative method.
If you are in control of premises,
If you are in control of premises, you must report any work-related deaths and injuries to members of the public and self-employed people on your premises, and near miss incidents that occur on your premises. Just call the Incident Contact Centre on 0845 300 99 23, or report using an alternative method.
If you are working in someone else’s premises and suffer either a major injury or an over-three-day injury, then the person in control of the premises will be responsible for reporting, so, where possible, you should make sure they know about it.
All they have to do is call the Incident Contact Centre and answer a few questions about the incident.
If there is a reportable accident while you are working on your own premises, or if a doctor tells you that you have a work-related disease or condition, then you need to report it.
Just call the Incident Contact Centre on 0845 300 99 23 or report using an alternative method.
If you are a distributor, filler, importer or supplier of flammable gas and you learn, either directly or indirectly that someone has died or suffered a major injury in connection with the gas you distributed, filled, imported or supplied, then this must be reported immediately.
Call the Incident Contact Centre on 0845 300 99 23 or complete the Report of a Flammable Gas Incident form (F2508G1) online.
If you are an installer of gas appliances registered with the Council for Registered Installers (CORGI), you must provide details of any gas appliances or fittings that you consider to be dangerous, to such an extent that people could die or suffer a major injury, because the design, construction, installation, modification or servicing could result in:
Call the Incident Contact Centre on 0845 300 99 23 or complete the Report of a Dangerous Gas Fitting form (F2508G2) online.
If you are an employee that has been injured at work, seen a dangerous occurrence, or your doctor has certified that you have a work related reportable disease, you must inform your employer or the person in control of the premises as it is their responsibility to report the incident.
'Just call the Incident Contact Centre on 0845 300 99 23 or report using an alternative method.