Why report and record?
Reporting and recording are legal requirements
. The report tells the enforcing authorities for occupational health and safety (HSE and local authorities) about serious incidents and cases of disease. This means they can identify where and how risks arise and whether they need to be investigated.
When should a dangerous occurrence be reported?
Accidents must be reported where they result in an employee or self-employed person being away from work, or unable to perform their normal work duties,
for more than seven consecutive days as the result of their injury
.
Why do all incidents need to be reported?
Lost time
and costs caused by injuries can be reduced with incident reporting because of how incident reporting can help prevent more serious accidents and improve workplace health and safety procedures. A lack of incident reporting doesn’t just put staff at huge risk. It puts companies at risk too.
The report informs the enforcing authorities (HSE, local authorities and the Office for Rail Regulation (ORR)) about deaths, injuries, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences, so they can identify
where and how risks arise
, and whether they need to be investigated.
What is the purpose of the Reporting of injuries diseases and dangerous occurrences?
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (1995) places
a duty on employers, the self-employed and the ‘Responsible Person (those in control of work premises) to report serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases and specified dangerous occurrences
(or ‘near misses’).
What is the period of time that this must be reported to the HSE?
NB: A report must be received
within 10 days of
the incident. For accidents resulting in the over-seven-day incapacitation of a worker, you must notify the enforcing authority within 15 days of the incident, using the appropriate online form.
What is non reportable accident?
What does that mean? It means
you are not required to report an accident to the police if the total damage is less than that outlined by the province
. This limit includes the damage to both vehicles. The damages limit in Ontario and Alberta is $2,000.
How do you encourage incident reporting?
- Make the reporting process as easy as possible – reporting should be accessible and quick. …
- Give employees the option of anonymous incident reporting – after incidents occur, many employees may fear reprisals and blame for the incident.
What types of incidents need to be reported?
- Worker injury incident.
- Environmental incident.
- Property damage incident.
- Vehicle incident.
- Fire incident.
What is a reportable incident?
A reportable incident is
anything that happens out of the ordinary in a facility
. Specifically, unplanned events or situations that result in, or have the potential to result in injury, ill health, damage or loss (Benalla Health 2011).
Reports
of over-seven-day injuries
must be sent to the enforcing authority within 15 days. In addition, records must be kept of all of ‘over-three-day injuries’, which are those where a person who is injured at work is incapacitated for more than three consecutive days.
What accidents should be reported to HSE?
- Deaths and injuries caused by workplace accidents.
- Occupational diseases.
- Carcinogens mutagens and biological agents.
- Specified injuries to workers.
- Dangerous occurrences.
- Gas incidents.
Do all workplace accidents need to be reported?
All on-the-job injuries,
regardless of how minor, should be reported immediately
. Often, immediate reporting is required under the terms of workers’ compensation policies. By not reporting injuries promptly, you may be violating a condition of your policy, which could jeopardize your workers’ compensation coverage.
What industry has the highest number of manual handling injuries?
The industry areas with the highest estimated rates of back disorders are in
agriculture, health care industries, construction and postal and courier activities
.
How do I report an incident to HSE?
All incidents can be reported online but a telephone service remains for reporting fatal and major injuries only –
call the Incident Contact Centre on 0345 300 9923
(opening hours Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 5 pm).
Is accident reporting a legal requirement?
As an employer,
it is a legal requirement to report all incidents
, no matter how big or small, as well as ill health at work. In order to be legally compliant, a record must be kept of all incidents.
