Posted By Dave Westhead This might seem a daft question but here goes. If a pro footballer breaks his leg, is it reportable under RIDDOR, or is there another body within the sport that deals with it. Thanks in advance Dave

Posted By steve palframan Dave I advise a Premier League club and can confirm that such accidents need to be reported under RIDDOR (including any injury resulting in 3days+ absence - and there's plenty of them!). Nowadays the enforcing authority is the Local Authority - previously it was the HSE and I believe they had an agreement not to report unless the player couldn't even report to training. The requirement to report does bring the system into disrepute - lots of F2508s to fill in and for what purpose? Steve Palframan

Posted By Dave Westhead Thanks for the swift reply, it has answeared my question. Just to add to the puzzle what if the player was a 17/18 year old etc. would this be different as they are young persons. Dave

Posted By sylvia To pick up on Laurie's response, although it deviates a bit, I have also had this about members of public playing sports, ice skating etc, and, after getting fed up with it all, in discussion with HSE they confirmed that only non-sport injuries came under the RIDDOR requirement. (Amateur - not pro players). This hangs around the phrase "Arising out of or in connection with work" RIDDOR guidance (paras 30 - 39) covers this, although doesn't use sports facilites in any of the examples. HSE discussion: if someone tripped on the way into the sport hall - reportable (assuming the severity applied); if were tripped by another participant during play, not reportable. This was the line taken in HSE EDIS1 guidance to schools about playground accidents too.