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Posted By paul debney
what are the implications of a person wanting to record an accident in the accident book 2 weeks after the event.i can feel a civil claim coming on?
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Posted By J Knight
I was once told by an old H&S pro that a client of his had been advised to fill in an accident report 20 years after his injury. He was making a claim for IIB, and the relevant employer had gone belly up during the great 'closing the north of england down' jamboree of the early 80's. The IIB adjudicator suggested that since there were no records available from the employer they would be happy to accept a report filed some twenty years after the event.
I don't know that there needs to be a sinister motive here, but there is no time limit for filling in accident reports,
John
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Posted By Mike Palfrey
Hopefully, your company procedures make it clear to all employees that all accidents are to be reported promptly to supervisors and entered into the AB.
Would the employee be opening up a potential disciplinary route for late reporting?
just a thought
Mike
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Posted By Stuart Nagle
Paul.
So far as I am aware there is nothing that states an accident at work cannot be entered into an accident book by an employee, regardless of how long ago it happened.
The requirement to report accidents within 10 days is key to best practice and legal compliance, however if an accident is only entered into the accident book some time after the event, and a note to this effect is made in the section of the report (and riddor form if applicable), it will substantiate that the accident was reported as soon as the employer became aware of it.
There should of course be some reason for a late report... and employees should be aware that failure to report accidents could be considered misconduct...
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Posted By John Murgatroyd
All this assumes that the person concerned was aware that an injury had been sustained, and since no detail has been given it may well be that an accident may have occured but the injury was not immediately apparent. ie: back etc.
It also assumes that the accident book was available to BE filled in and was not locked away...to stop "wrong or false details being entered" (an excuse used at my workplace to stop the employees entering detail themselves) (since discontinued when the HSE was prompted to have a word with the manager, and informed him that ANYONE can make an entry in the accident book and that what the injured person says happened is what goes in)
Why assume the guy is going to claim ?
And why assume that the claim is unfounded ?
It may well be the claim, if any, is justified.
Only the employer and employee know the facts. Let's face it, far too many employers scream "fiddle" when a claim is entered when in reality their H&S regime is based on all the forms being filled-in and the quality of H&S is sadly lacking. I've been told to do things that I regarded as unsafe, and then been sent home for my "refusal to work"...... the real worl is a bit different to this site..
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Posted By IanD
As the other postings have quite rightly identified, there is no time limit set out for entering details of an accident in a book. When I receive a late report, I make a note in the accident book of the date and time the accident was reported. If it goes to claim it then identifies that it was reported late and the relevant questions can be asked
Regards
Ian
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