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Posted By Sheila Catherine Boult
How long have you got to put your accident in the book? I'm enquiring for someone.
They had an accident at work and didnt put it in straight away they was told if it was more than 48 hours you cant put it in. I'm sure that does not sound right. Any advice would be great. Thank you
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Posted By Margia
As I understand it, there is no time limit on Accident Book entries. I'm sure it says so somewhere in the accompanying blurb.
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Posted By Scott Fisher
I am sure the accident book says something along the lines of, 'accidents should be reported as soon as reasonably practicable'. The only thing you will have to consider is RIDDOR reporting within the 10 days if the accident is reportable. If the person is still off you may have to telephone them to get the details.
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Posted By MT
No, it's definitely not right, and if it's the case that the person wasn't on the premises for more than 48 hours after the accident, then it should be filled in by someone else in the meantime.
We wouldn't have much accident investigation to do if accidents which weren't entered into accident books within 48 hours of occurring were just forgotten about!
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Posted By I McDonald
Sheila
some companies are very specific that accidents/etc, however slight must be reported immediately. If your friend did not report the event when it happened and then wanted to report it a couple of days later, it may well be that the company stance is "it did not happen at work". This should not prevent your friend entering the details however; most companies in this type of scenario will annotate the record as "alleged workplace accident".
Ian
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Posted By J Knight
A member of IOSH told me that he was acting as an expert witness for somebody suffering from the delayed effects of an accident at an employer which had since gone bankrupt (and indeed had been demolished and otherwise expunged from the surface of the planet). the incident happened in the 70's, and the case was lodged in the late 1980's. The member pointed out to the Industrial Injuries Compensation people that no record of the original incident could be found, and he was advised to buy an accident book and write it in there. This would have been 15 years after the incident,
John
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