New online system to make RIDDOR reporting easier

Health & Safety update 14/09/2011

The reporting of work-related accidents under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) has been moved to a new online system as of today.

Companies will no longer carry out the statutory reporting of injuries and accidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) via post, email or fax.

Instead, all reports made under RIDDOR will now be made through the new predominately online system. The new system comprises revised online forms which aim to ensure the process of reporting incidents is made easier.

Despite the fact that the majority of reporting will now be carried out online, any major or fatal workplace accidents can still be reported over the phone to the HSE's Incident Contact Centre.

However, the Infoline telephone information service for all other reports will be closed from 30 September 2011 onwards.

HSE's Director of Strategy, Trevor Carlile, said, “More than half of reportable injuries are already notified to HSE through the website and this proportion has been increasing steadily over the past seven years. Taking advantage of the growing use of the internet allows HSE to be more efficient in the way it works.

“We do recognise, however, that people reporting a traumatic event still need that personal interaction so the notification of fatal and major incidents and injuries will still take place by phone,” he added.

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