This page provides information about an employer's duty to report accidents that happen at work.
Certain accidents and incidents at work have to be reported to us or to the Health and Safety Executive by law.
These include -
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A death or major injury - a major injury is a fracture other than to fingers, thumbs or toes, amputation, dislocation of the shoulder, hip, knee or spine, loss of sight, eye injuries, electric shock, unconsciousness and admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours.
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Any other injury that results in the injured person being away from work or unable to do their full range of normal duties for more than three days.
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Certain work related diseases (these are specified in regulations).
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Dangerous occurrences that could have caused a reportable accident.
How to report an accident
You can report an accident by telephone, fax, post or the Internet.
The place to contact is -
Incident Contact Centre
Caerphilly Business Park
Caerphilly
CF83 3GG
Telephone 0845 300 9923
Fax 0845 300 9924
Alternatively, click on the link below -
www.riddor.gov.uk|
If you are not sure what to do, the Council can send you a booklet which tells you all the details about what to report and how to report it.
Remember that if you do report an accident, someone may contact you to investigate what happened and what you have done to prevent it happening again.