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Posted By Neal Robertson
Scenario provided by a colleague, any views to complement ours appreciated.
Employee finished work for the day, crossing public highway away from workplace to catch a bus. She is knocked down by a delivery lorry heading to her workplace (not her employers vehicle) but not seriously injured. Should this be recorded in the accident book?
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Posted By Dave Wilson
No! person is not 'at work'
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Posted By Shane Johnston
Accident did not happen at the place of work, nor was the employee acting on the employers behalf ... so it does not need to be recorded.
Shane
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Posted By Chris Abbott
No.
- Just thought I'd keep my answer as simple as possible... Shorter than Dave's anyway ;)
Have a good Christmas!
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Posted By Peter MacDonald
If she had been working excessive hours, say a double 12hr shift, and had stumbled onto the road due to the effects of tiredness would this change anything.
Peter
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Posted By Dave Wilson
Shane yours is over 100% longer!
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Posted By Dave Wilson
OOPS!
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Posted By Pat Burns MIOSH - SpDipEM - AMIQA
Under the current legislation there is no legal requirement for the employer to record this accident in any form.
However,the injured person's employer could be recording data such as accidents outside the work as a result of travelling to and from their workplace. This could be for their own statistical analysis or to highlight a safety hazard outside the workplace.
The driver of the vehicle is required though to record the details and report the accident to the police, (injured person)his employer and insurance company.
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Posted By Neal Robertson
Thanks for all response. My colleague has taken action just as Pat described, details kept on file in case of future absence (NOT in accident book), accident reported to Police etc. He just wanted to make sure all bases were covered in case any ambulance chasing lawyers came sniffing round.
Thanks again, seasons greetings to all.
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Posted By AL
Surely it is up to the injured person to decide what goes in the accident book and not the employer. The employer is there to provide the book not police it. If he does not agree with the content of the report then that should also be entered. the employee may for some reason feel it is work related and so can put it in the book if they want. It would then be up to some one else (Dpt work/pensions etc)if it is valid in the event of a claim of some discription.
AL
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