Posted By JAI
Quick question

One of our members of staff was on business in Austria, they decided to go on tobogan run and had an accident resulting in a broken nose

Do we need to record this accident?

What would you do

Posted By Frank Hallett
Was the accident a result of a "work related activity" or was it on their own time?

If on their own time, I believe that it's no different to being in, say Wales, on business and falling over a sheep whilst taking a ramble in your own time.

Of course, there are also a range of subsidiary factors that may blur the distinctions between work and personal time. For instance, was the tobogan run closely linked with their work reason for being there is an important point to resolve.

Frank Hallett

Posted By Frank Hallett
Question answered then JAI; provided of course that it meets the requirements of a RIDDOR reportable.

Frank Hallett

Posted By JAI
the company paid and arranged this event

jai

Posted By John Webster
and if the toboggan run was their own idea and not part of the organised bonding activities, then they were "on a frolick", so not legally at work even though it was in work time.

Posted By Mike Draper
Jai

First, while the incident is not reportable under RIDDOR to the UK authorities, as it occurred outside of the UK, it will probably require reporting to the local authorities where the incident occurred i.e. you may need to report this to the Austrian equivalent of the HSE.

Second, you will still need to investigate and record the injury internally as it is a work related injury, and classify it accordingly i.e. whether it is minor, over 3-day, reportable, etc. and consider what corrective actions are required to stop it happening again.

Mike