Rank: Guest 
|
Posted By David Kennedy
It is my understanding that under The Social Security [Claims and Payments] Regulations 1979 every workplace is obliged to maintain an accident book. Furthermore, the accident book must comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. The HSE publishes an accident book that meets the current requirements. I should be grateful for opinions on the following questions.
1. Is the HSE the enforcement authority for accident books? And if not, who is?
2. Has anybody ever been prosecuted for not maintaining an accident book that meets current requirement?
3. In a large workplace with many departments, say an NHS hospital, it is a matter of law or of good practice for each department to maintain an accident book?
4. Is an electronic accident book acceptable to the enforcement authority?
David Kennedy
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Guest
|
Posted By TomP
As far as I could determine you are supposed to contact the DSS(is it DWP now).... if you want to have your own accident book. I tried asking them once and they went in to a tail spin as they had no idea what to do.
In my opinion if you include all the items on a suitable form and cover data protection then your own forms are going to meet your needs better than the standard accident book.
Having expereince of multi site businesses such as the Fire Service, NHS and my current company, they all use their own forms. In my opinion accident books aren't the best way of recording things.
You could try to ask the DWP .... good luck....
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Guest
|
Posted By Chas
When I enquired about this a couple of years ago I was told (by the DSS/DWP) that as long as the information being held was at least the same as that in the publication BI510 then it didn't matter what form it took. However if it is in an electronic form it must be 'safe' as per Data Protection Act principles and it must be readily retrievable. I do have to add that this was not backed up in writing from the DWP. I am also not aware of any prosecutions
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Guest
|
Posted By Phil
We don't use a book system, we have a dedicated phone number that is manned 24/7
If anything happens to an operative then the operative / supervisor / manager or whoever will phone up and be asked specific questions, the data is held centrally with restricted access.
All necessary data is emailed directly to the relevant manager / regional director and chased up through the H&S dept as required.
If it needs to go to a riddor the relevant manager / regional director reports it directly
Phil
|
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.