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R.I.D.D.O.R. Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurences Regulations. What is it ?. RIDDOR : stands for Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulations.
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R.I.D.D.O.R Reporting of Injuries, Disease and Dangerous Occurences Regulations
What is it ? • RIDDOR : stands for Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurences Regulations. • Any accident/incident that is connected to work and results in a person being off work for over three days must be reported to the HSE within ten days.
What is it ? • Reporting accidents and ill health at work is a legal requirement. • All Employers, Self Employed and people in control of premises have a legal duty to report any: • Work Related Deaths. • Major Injuries. • Over Three Day injuries. • Work Related Diseases. • Dangerous Occurences.
Who does it effect? • Everyone. • Employees that are injured at work, seen a near miss or have a doctors letter for a work related disease have a duty to report it to their employer. • Employers have a legal duty to report this to the HSE.
What to report • MAJOR INJURIES : • A major injury is anything which results in possibly Broken Bones, Amputation or loss of sight. • MINOR INJURIES : • A minor injury is something which results in a cut, fractured fingers or severe bruising and/or does not keep an operative off work. • NEAR MISS : • A near miss is an unplanned event that does not cause injury or ill health, but could do so. • REPORTABLE DISEASE
Types of Major Injury • Major Injury examples: • Fractures. • Injury leading to amputation. • Loss of sight : temporary or permanent. • Anything that needs resuscitation eg. from electric shock. • Unconsciousness from asphyxia or from harmful substances. • Dislocation of shoulder, knee, hip etc.
REPORTABLE DISEASES • Skin Diseases like Occupational Dermatitis, Skin Cancer. • Lung diseases such as: Occupational Asthma, Asbestosis. • Infections such as : Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, Tetanus. • Things like Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome and White Finger.
DANGEROUS OCCURENCES.(Near Misses) • A near miss is something which does not result in a reportable injury, but clearly could have done. • Another name for a Near Miss is a Dangerous Occurrence. • Near misses need to be reported to identify recurrences, so action can be taken to prevent them in the future.
TYPES Of NEAR MISS • Any collapse or failure of load bearing lift or lifting equipment. • Explosion or bursting of pipework. • Plant or equipment contacting overhead powerlines. • Electrical short circuit causing fire or explosion. • Collapse or partial collapse of scaffold over 5 metres high. • Any explosion or fire that results in the suspension of normal work for over 24 hours.
RE CAP • RIDDOR stands for: • R eporting of • I njuries • D iseases and • D angerous • O ccurences • R egulations
Any accident / incident connected to work ( including physical violence) that results in a person being off work for over three days must be reported to the HSE within ten days.