Posted By PhilP
Fastest way to get an answer to the question would be to phone the HSE Caerphilly call centre, and get an answer from the horses mouth.

Phil

Posted By Jojo
Sorry, read it again and realised that you were referring to scheduled time off, rather than 4 days sick. In that case, you will actually need to talk to the person and check if during those four days off, they would have been able to come into work.
If, during the 4 days, they wouldn't have been able to work or fulfil their normal duties because of an injury sustained through work, then it would be reportable. Hope that makes sense.

Posted By Heather Collins
I agree with Jojo, you don't have enough information yet to make the decision.

When the person returns to work after their four scheduled days off you must ask them on which day they would have been fit to return to work. If this means they would have had more than three days off not including the day of the accident then it's reportable.

Of course if they don't come back straight away after the four days then it's also reportable.

Posted By anon1234
I would respectfully suggest that Sarah's response is wrong as it is impossible to determine without talking to the individual concerned and (as others have mentioned)establish whether they would have been able to carry out their full range of duties if they had been scheduled to work during what was their rest period.

The same applies in the scenario of someone who works Monday to Friday. e.g. if they had an accident on Wednesday and didn't actually return to work until Monday, you would need to establish whether they would have been fit to work on the Saturday. If yes then they were only 'off' on the Thursday and Friday (2 days), If no it will be at least 3 days, then ask the the same question for Sunday (if no it will be 4 days).

Posted By Heather Collins
I doubt it would help MS. Have you tried reading RIDDOR?

Buying a copy of L75 (the HSE's guidance) might help. Then again it might not - and it costs money...

That's probably why the OP came here to ask a relatively simple question for which (actually) the answer is relatively straightforward.

Posted By Heather Collins
I have, MS and so have two others.

The OP needs to talk to his employee and find out if they would have come back to work during the rostered off days if they had in fact been rostered on. Then, if this means the absent employee would have had more than 3 days off (not including the day of the accident) it is reportable.

What answer did you have in mind?

Posted By Jay Joshi
I very much doubt that the question is about a Major injury--the list is specific.

Only injuries not specified in the schedule 1, but requiring hospitalisation for more than 24 hours are RIDDOR reprtable.

Therefore, not all "hospital treatment" cases are RIDDOR reportable if the employee after treatment returns on the next day and is able to carry out the same work role.

An over-3-day injury is one which is not 'major' but results in the injured person being away from work OR unable to do the full range of their normal duties for more than three days.

When calculating 'MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS' the day of the accident should not be counted, only the period after it.

Any days the injured person would not normally have been expected to work, such as weekends, rest days or holidays, must be included.


Some situations will include days when the injured person would not normally have been expected to work.

Determining whether they would have been unable to do their normal range of duties for 'more than three consecutive days' may therefore involve a degree of judgement.

It may be necessary to ask the injured person if they would have been able to carry out all of their duties if they had been at work