What needs to be reported?
You are required to ensure that a report is made of any of the following injuries or incidents that occur as a result of your work activities:
Fatal injuries – to any person
Major injuries – to any person at work (including those caused by physical violence)
- Any fracture, except to fingers, thumbs or toes
- Any amputation – no exceptions
- Dislocation of shoulder, hip, knee or spine
- Loss of sight (whether temporary or permanent)
- Chemical or hot metal burn to the eye or any penetrating injury to the eye
- Injury from electric shock or electrical burn resulting in unconsciousness or requiring resuscitation or hospital admission for more than 24 hours
- Injury leading to hypothermia, heat related illness or unconsciousness or needing resuscitation or hospital admission for more than 24 hours
- Loss of consciousness caused by asphyxia or exposure to harmful substance or biological agent
- Acute illness needed medical treatment or loss of consciousness as a result of absorbing any substance by inhalation, ingestion or through the skin
- Acute illness requiring medical treatment if exposure to biological of other toxins or infected materials is suspected
- Death or major injury caused by work in connection with gas, including Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Other injuries – to your employees which cause them to be absent from work or unable to do their usual work for more than 3 consecutive days. This includes injuries caused by violence at work.
Members of the public on your premises – any injury caused by your work activities which result in hospital treatment.
Dangerous occurrences – these include collapse, overturning or failure of any load-bearing part of:
- A lift or hoist or mobile powered platform
- An access cradle or window cleaning cradle
- A fork lift truck
- A scaffold more than 5m
- Any building where construction, alteration or demolition works are being carried out
- Any floor or wall in the workplace or any false work
- Any fire or explosion causing stoppage of normal work for more than 24 hours unintentional ignition of explosives
- An electrical short circuit or overload causing fire or explosion a pipeline
- fairground equipment
- An explosion, collapse or bursting of any closed vessel or associated pipework
Diseases – including among others:
- Hepatitis, legionellosis, tubercolosis, tetanus, leptospirosis, anthrax
- Occupational asthma, asbestosis, mesothellionia
- Occupational dermatitis, skin cancer, chrome ulcer
- Certain musculoskeletal disorders, hand-arm vibration syndrome
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