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Posted By mark boath
Employees on site have started to play football in the car park during their lunch breaks. If an employee was to suffer a personal injury whilst playing and was unable to complete their normal work duties, would this be a reportable accident under Riddor?
Is there any case law regarding similar issues?
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Posted By gham
Are they paid during their lunch breaks, if no they are on their own time then it's down to the cause of the injury e.g. if it's because of the condition of the carpark occupiers liability (if you don't ban the football and are aware of it, you may appear to be facilitating it).
I don't think playing football is classed as a work activity, the injury would have to have been caused when undertaking a work activity, so Not RIDDOR reportable
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Posted By R. C. Hodson
Agree with the above but be careful!
Our employees once did the same activity at lunch and an employee climbed onto a roof to retrieve the ball and fell through, thus causing a fatality (which was no doubt REPORTABLE!).
Think outside the box, who plays, movement or traffic on the car park, does it look good for business, are there pot holes on the car park, could violence between employees come from playing this game? if so should you be providing a means for this to happen, etc.
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Posted By jackw.
Hi, I would have thought "not work related" would be the response?
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