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The Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations states
that certain injuries that results in a worker being
off work for more than three days should be reported
to the authorities.
Section 3(2) of the
regulations state that:
"where
a person at work is incapacitated for work of a kind
which he might reasonably be expected to do, either
under his contract of employment, or, if there is
no such contract, in the normal course of his work,
for more than three consecutive days (excluding the
day of the accident but including any days which would
not have been working days) because of an injury resulting
from an accident arising out of or in connection with
work [other than a major injury], the responsible
person shall as soon as practicable and, in any event,
within 10 days of the accident send a report thereof
to the relevant enforcing authority on a form approved
for the purposes of this regulation, unless within
that period he makes a report thereof to the Executive
by some other means so approved."
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whether an injury is an 'accident' or not click
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This does not relate
to members of the public.
The
obligation to report excludes most
work-related road traffic deaths with a number of
exceptions. To see the exceptions click
here.
It
also excludes, over-three day injuries resulting from
medial treatment, examination or treatment under the
supervision of a registered doctor or dentist. Section
10(1) state that the requirements to report do not
apply to
"an accident
causing death or injury to a person arising out
of the conduct of any operation on, or any examination
or other medical treatment of, that person which
is administered by, or conducted under the supervision
of, a registered medical practitioner or a registered
dentist"
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