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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations

All accidents or serious incidents that happen in the work place must be reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

These include:

Death
Major injuries
Accidents
Diseases – dermatitis, asthma, infectious diseases
Gas incidents

Records should be kept for:

The date, time and place of event
The personal details of those involved
Brief description of the nature of the event or disease
Date and method of reporting the injury, disease or dangerous occurrence

Legal responsibility of employers	Legal responsibility of employees
Employers must report: Work related deaths. Injuries – including loss of limbs and eyesight Any accident which results in an employee being off work for more than 3 days Work related diseases e.g. skin and lung diseases Dangerous Occurrences e.g. collapse of building and explosion	Take reasonable care of own safety Not put other employees at risk of danger Not misuse equipment or machinery Follow all safety rules set in place by the company

Legal responsibility of employers	Employers must report: Work related deaths. Injuries – including loss of limbs and eyesight Any accident which results in an employee being off work for more than 3 days Work related diseases e.g. skin and lung diseases Dangerous Occurrences e.g. collapse of building and explosion
Legal responsibility of employees	Take reasonable care of own safety Not put other employees at risk of danger Not misuse equipment or machinery Follow all safety rules set in place by the company

The Health and Safety Executive will investigate accidents, identify where they are happening and help to take action to prevent them from reoccurring.

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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations

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