Incidents · UK duty guide
Incidents
What happened, who saw it, the cause, and the action that stops it happening again.
On the file
What happened, who saw it, the cause, and the action.
Duty
RIDDOR 2013
Where it is used
On the phone, where it happened.
What the duty covers
- Near miss, injury, dangerous occurrence, or observation.
- Photos, the place, the time, and the people who saw it.
- The immediate cause, and a note on the underlying one.
- Enough to prepare a RIDDOR report, including the category. Filing it with the HSE stays with the responsible person.
On the file
- Near miss, injury, dangerous occurrence, or observation
- Photos, place, and time
- The people who saw it
- The immediate cause, and a note on the underlying one
- The RIDDOR category, where it looks reportable
- The actions, with owners
How this duty should sit
These notes describe how the duty can sit on a digital record. This page is a guide to a UK duty. It is not a screen in EHSync Safety.
- Reported from the scaffold, not written up in the cabin at the end of the week.
- Photos and witnesses are on the record while people still remember.
- The actions from it are on the same file.
The duty
The UK law we work to, by name.
RIDDOR 2013
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences. The responsible person reports to the HSE.
Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979
The accident book duty, for an injury at work.
Who uses it
Whoever is there reports it. The safety lead reads it the same day.
Sits with
The accident book and the investigation sit on this file. The record is enough to prepare a RIDDOR report. It does not file it with the HSE.
What good looks like
Photos and names are on it while people still remember. Each action has an owner.