Further changes to RIDDOR?
Last April, the requirement to report death or serious injuries under Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) was changed, resulting in employers in England and Wales being no longer required to report injuries that resulted in an absence of seven days or less (it was previously three days or less).
The Health and Safety Executive is now consulting on further proposals to simplify and clarify RIDDOR. Under its proposals, the duty to report injuries or illness will be removed where the information is "of little use" or better collected through other means - so for example self- employed people may no longer have to report injuries or illness to themselves; employers may not have to report dangerous occurrences outside of high-risk sectors and the requirement to report most occupational diseases may be removed.