The Reporting on Injury, Illness and Rules of Dangerous Genesis 2013 , often known by the acronym RIDDOR , is the 2013 Statute Tool of the Royal Parliament. It regulates legal obligations to report deaths, injuries, illnesses and "dangerous events", including near misses, occurring in the workplace or in connection with employment.
The regulations require "responsible persons" to report workplace deaths, severe injuries caused by workplace accidents, injuries to unemployed persons requiring hospitalization, injuries arising from hospital accidents, and incidents dangerous (reg.3 (1)). In addition, the law requires that gas registrants be registered to report poor and dangerous gas installations (reg.6).
The responsible person is generally the employer but also includes various managers and occupiers of the place (reg.2). Although regulations do not impose special obligations on employees, they have a general obligation under section 7 Health and Safety in the Workplace, etc. Act 1974 to maintain safety. Health and Safety executives recommend that they report incidents to their employers and encourage voluntary notification to the relevant regulatory authorities.
There are special regulations for mining and quarrying (reg.8/Sch.5), and offshore installations (reg.9/Sch.6).
Medical care is excluded, as well as injuries arising from road traffic accidents and members of the armed forces (reg.10).
Violation of the rules is a crime, punishable with a concise conviction with a fine of up to Ã, Â £ 400. If convicted on a charge in the Crown Court, an offender may be punished with unlimited penalty. Either an individual or company may be punished and a punishment law issued by the Assembly of Punishment Guidelines. For example, in 2000, the City Council of Salford was fined Ã, £ 115,000 for violation of the rules.
It is the defense that the responsible person is not aware of an event requiring reporting or notification and that he has taken all reasonable steps to bring such an event to his notice (reg.11). The burden of proof of such defense exists on the defendant, on the balance of probability.
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Reporting accidents and ill-health in the workplace has long been a legal requirement in the UK. This information allows the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and local government authorities "to identify where and how risks arise, and to investigate serious accidents".
During 2006-2007 about 30 million work days were lost due to occupational health, and 6 million due to workplace injuries. In the same period, there were 141,350 reported incidents although an estimated 274,000 people were reported. Furthermore, 241 people were killed at work during this time. This figure obscures the fact that in 2005, 2037 people died from mesothelioma arising from previous exposure to asbestos and "thousands more from occupational diseases and lung diseases".
The regulation is intended to consolidate a number of previous regulations concerning the reporting of accidents and diseases, generally in the workplace and in particular in the rail and offshore industries.
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Notifications
Notice must be made by the person responsible to the relevant enforcement authority who is the body, perhaps the local government authority, to which the HSE has delegated its powers. Notice must be made when a person, does not need an employee (reg.3):
- Died by accident at work;
- or, when someone other than an employee suffers:
- Workplace accident injury and the person should be taken to the hospital; or
- Major injuries from workplace accidents in hospitals;
- or, when an employee:
- Suffered a major injury from an accident at work; or
- Unable, either under his contract or for seven consecutive days (three days before 6 April 2012), due to an accident at work;
- or, there is a dangerous incident.
"Accidents" include attacks on employees and suicide on the transport system (reg.2). Reports should be made by "fastest practical way" and confirmed by a written report within ten days (reg.3 (2)). When an accident at work leads to a reported injury, that within one year of an accident, causing an employee's death, the death itself should be reported, even if accidents and injuries have been reported (reg.4). Sometimes, injuries can result in staff members not working for more than seven business days, or prevent them from completing their normal job duties. If this situation arises then the company must notify the enforcement authorities of the incident. When counting seven consecutive days, the day of the accident is not counted but the period afterwards, including the weekend. For example, if an employee usually works Monday through Friday, injured on Tuesday and does not return to work until next Thursday, then the incident will be asked to be reported. This is because he will not work for eight days, between Wednesday and Wednesday.
Large injuries
"Main injury" is defined as (reg.2 (1)/Sch.1):
Malicious occurrences reported in all workplaces
The dangerous events that can be reported by everyone responsible are defined as (reg.2 (1)/Sch.2, Pt.1, paras.1-17):
Lifting machine, etc. - Closed, upside down, or failure of elevator or crash loads, cranes or cranes, cellular empowered access platforms, cradle access windows or access, excavators, rafters or rigs higher than 7 meters, or forklift trucks.
Pressure systems - Closed vessel failures, including boilers or boiler tubes, or related pipes, where internal pressure is above or below atmospheric pressure, and the failure is potentially leading to death.
Cargo container - Failure of shipping container in one of its spare parts when it is lifted, lowered or suspended.
Overhead power lines - Unintentional incident at factory or equipment:
- Related to uninsulated overhead power lines where the voltage exceeds 200 volts; or
- Causes the release of electricity from such power lines by approaching.
Short circuit - Electric short or excessive load accompanied by fire or explosion resulting in discontinuation of the factory involved for more than 24 hours or potentially life-threatening.
Explosives - Various incidents with explosives.
Biological agents - Accidents or incidents that result, or may result, in the release or escape of biological agents that may cause severe human infections or illnesses.
Damage to the radiation generator, etc. - Incidents where:
- Damage to the radiation generator, or auxiliary equipment, used in industrial radiography, food irradiation, or the processing of products by irradiation, causes it to fail to restore energy at the end of the intended exposure period; or
- Damage to function of equipment used in industrial radiography or gamma ray irradiation causes the radioactive source to fail to return to its safe position in the normal way at the end of the intended exposure period.
Respiratory aids - Damage to respiratory equipment when used or in testing as initial use.
Diving operations - One of the following incidents during underwater diving:
- Failure or harm to lifting equipment associated with dive operations, or life support equipment, including control panels, hose and breathing apparatus, which put divers in danger;
- Destructive, or dangerous, dive platforms, or the failure of the dive platform to remain at the station, which puts divers in danger;
- Divers trap;
- Explosion around the diver; or
- Uncontrolled climbing or decompression is negligible that keeps divers at risk.
Scaffold collapse - Completely or partially scaffold collapse:
- The height is over 5 meters which produces an important part of the scaffolds that fall or overturn; or
- Consists of or near water in such a manner that there will be a risk of drowning;
- or a complete or partial collapse of the suspension arrangement, including any breaks, from any concealed or deferred scaffolding which causes the work platform or cradle to fall.
Train collisions - Accidental rail collisions by train or other vehicle, other than those reported under Pt.4 of SK.3 of the regulations, causing, or possibly causing, death or major injury.
Wells - One of the following incidents in relation to wells, apart from water wells:
- Uncontrolled fluid flow from the well (blow-out);
- Activation of an all-out prevention or diversion system to control the flow of wells where normal control procedures fail;
- Unexpected detection of hydrogen sulphides in operation or in well fluid samples;
- Additional precautions for each contained in the original drilling program and the failure to maintain the planned minimum separation spacing between wells drilled from a particular installation; or
- Mechanical failure of every important element of a well.
Channel pipeline or plumbing work - The following incidents with respect to piping or pipe work:
- Unintentional or unintentional cessation of anything, from or entry into, pipelines with the potential to cause death, major injury or damage to health, or which result in the pipeline being closed for more than 24 hours;
- Unintentional lighting of anything inside or out of the pipeline;
- Damage to any portion of the pipeline that has the potential to cause death, severe injury or damage to health, or resulting in channel disconnection for more than 24 hours;
- Substantial and accidental changes in pipeline positions requiring immediate attention to maintain integrity or security;
- Unintentional change in soil or seabed around pipelines that have the potential to affect the integrity or security of pipelines;
- Failure of any device of isolation of channels, equipment or systems potentially causing death, serious injury or damage to health, or resulting in the pipeline being closed for more than 24 hours; or
- Failure of equipment involved with plumbing work that has the potential to cause death, severe injury or damage to health.
Field equipment - The following incidents on field equipment, used or under test:
- Failure of any part of the load;
- Failure of any part designed to support or retain passengers; or
- Derailment or accidental collision of cars or trains.
Transport of hazardous substances by ground tanker - Incidents involving road tankers or tank containers used for transporting hazardous substances where:
- Tanker or road vehicle carrying an inverted tank container (including turning on its side);
- Tank carrying hazardous substances seriously damaged;
- There is uncontrolled release or release of hazardous substances; or
- There are fires involving harmful substances.
Transport of hazardous substances through roads in packages - Incidents involving vehicles used for transport of hazardous substances where:
- Uncontrolled release or discharge of hazardous substances in such quantities that it has the potential to cause death, or severe injury; or
- A fire involving harmful substances.
Reported dangerous events can be stored in offshore workshops
Hazardous events that may be reported by the responsible person, except at the offshore workplace, are defined as (reg.2 (1)/Sch.2, Pt.1, paras.18-21):
Collapse of buildings or structures - Unintentional or partial collapse:
- Buildings or structures, either above or below ground, in construction, reconstruction, change or demolition involving the fall of more than 5 tonnes of material;
- The floor or wall of any building, either above or below the ground, is used as a workplace; or
- Falsework.
Explosion or fire - Explosion or fire, due to material ignition, in any plant or place resulting in the cessation of the crop, or as a case may be a normal working suspension, for more than 24 hours.
Avoidance of flammable substances - A sudden and uncontrolled release in the building:
- 100 pounds or more of flammable liquids;
- 10 kilograms or more of flammable liquids at temperatures well above their normal boiling point; or
- 10 kilograms or more of flammable gas;
- or, in the open air, 500 kilograms or more of flammable liquids or gases.
Releasing substance - Unintentional release or discharge of any substance in sufficient quantities to cause death, severe injury or other damage to health.
Malicious events reported in certain industries
There are also special reporting requirements for mines (Sch.2/Pt.2, paras.22-40), quarry (Sch.2/Pt.3, paras.41-48), rail transport system (Sch.2/Pt.4, paras.49-72) and offshore installations (Sch.2/Pt.5, paras.73-83).
Reporting case of disease
The responsible person should make an "immediate" report if he is notified by a registered medical practitioner that an employee is suffering (reg.5/Sch.3 Pt.1):
Certain working-related illnesses contracted at offshore facilities should also be reported (reg.5/Sch.3 Pt.2).
Gas installations
Reports shall be made to HSE within 14 days in which there is, or may be, incomplete gas combustion, gas leakage or the removal of inadequate gas combustion results (reg.6).
Notes storage
Responsible persons, such as employers, should keep records of reported incidents and diseases, and other matters determined by the HSE to demonstrate compliance. Records shall be kept for 3 years, either in the place where relevant work is performed or at the responsible person's business premises. The enforcing authority may request a copy of the note (reg.7/Sch.4).
References
Bibliography
- [Various authors] (2007). Tolley 2008 Workbook on Health and Safety . London: Butterworths. ISBN 0-7545-3318-2.
- Stranks, J. (2005). Health and Safety Law (5th ed.). London: Prentice Hall. pp.Ã, p. 301. ISBN: 0-13-197646-X.
External links
- "HSE RIDDOR". Reporting Injury to Diseases and Rules of Dangerous Presence. 2013 . Retrieved 2013-10-01 .
- "RIDDOR". Executive Health and Safety. 2008 . Retrieved 2008-03-08 .
- "Explanation notes". Public Sector Information Office. 1995 . Retrieved 2008-03-08 .
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