RIDDOR stands for Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation 1995, which is sometimes referred to as RIDDOR 95, or just RIDDOR for short. The HSE requires employers to report some work related accidents or diseases so that they can identify where and how risks arise, investigate serious accidents and publish statistics and data to help reduce accidents at work.

What needs reporting? Every work related death, major injury, dangerous occurrence, disease or any injury which results in an absence from work of over 3 days.

Where an employee or member of the public is killed as a result of an accident at work the employer or his representative must report the accident to the Environmental Health Department of the local authority by telephone that day and give brief details. Within 10 days this must be followed up by a complete accident report form (Form No. F2508). Major injuries sustained as a result of an accident at work include amputations, loss of sight (temporary or permanent), fractures to the body other than to fingers, thumbs or toes and any other serious injury. Once again, the Environmental Health Department of the local authority must be notified by telephone on the day that the serious injury occurs and the telephone call followed up by a completed Form F2508 within 10 days. Dangerous occurrences are listed in the regulations and include the collapse of a lift, an explosion or injury caused by an explosion, the collapse of a scaffold over five...