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Posted By Martin Thorpe
We have a system where all staff report accidents and incidents on-line to a central database.
I'm aware of the requirement for first aid treatment books to be compliant with the data protection act...
..but is there a legal requirement to have treatment books, given that we already have a system in place for people to report accidents?
Interested on everyone's thoughts, especially those that report accidents via a company intranet system.
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Posted By Maggie Atterbury
Provided your reporting system accommodates all the information required for both RIDDOR and the appropriate Social Security Act you do not need a First Aid treatment book.
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Posted By Martin Thorpe
Thanks Maggie
That's what I thought, just needed confirmation.
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Posted By Darren J Fraser
Martin
Contact your local Department for Works & Pensions, explain your system and then sernd them a copy of your report system if possible. Providing it meets all the criteria for their purposes, they will send you a nice email stipulating that it is an acceptable replacement for the traditional accident book, then you can show anyone that asks that it meets requirements and has been approved.
This does not take long to do, is free and demonstrates that this part of your management system is legally compliant.
The organisation I work for done this, and no longer uses the BI 510 which was a concern to our insurance provider (they insisted we needed to complete it) until they saw the email which they then accepted.
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