I cannot believe that I am asking a RIDDOR question!! Child taken from public area to hopsital due to a fall on stairs. Reportable if arising out of or in connection with our work activities but the mother said at the time it was the kids fault for missing the step and falling. Steps were ok, dry, edged etc. So do I report as it would seem it was nothing to do with a fault with our premises? Not interested in responses along the lines of 'report anyway'. Would like more reasoned reponses preferable some with experience.

Agree with Neil. I too deal with a number of retail premises, if no issue's with steps then not reportable. Goose.

It does. Don't report unless it's a result of a premises defect or poor supervision. So what, if a complaint is made, the investigation will be sufficient evidence for the decision not to report.

Sorry to disagree with the two posts above but: Riddor states “any person not at work suffers an injury as a result of an accident arising out of or in connection with work and that person is taken from the site of the accident to a hospital for treatment in respect of that injury” This would appear to be reportable to me, the investigating officer can decide to look into the accident or not. That is not your call.

“any person not at work suffers an injury as a result of an accident arising out of or in connection with work and that person is taken from the site of the accident to a hospital for treatment in respect of that injury” arising out of or in connection with work.... so how does falling down some steps that are not defective and no spillages etc are present fit in to this? Anyway as I said before I have had to deal with several similar incidents, one almost identical to the OP's and I have had it confirmed at the time by the ICC that they were not reportable. Also a good point to remember for everyone is that if you are ever unsure, you can phone the ICC and they will tell you if its reportable or not

Claire, I would say that it is not reportable for the reasons already given. I would also add that whenever I get asked a question re RIDDOR I always ask - why would the enforcing authority want to know, bearing in mind why the legislation was enacted in the first place! phild - RTA's are dealt with by the police, not the HSE.

I have had first hand experience of this type of incident. I was very clear in my mind that it was not reportable. However due to the intervention of a third party who insisted it should be reported I contacted a senior HSE inspector who confirmed my view that it was not reportable.

Hiya - for anyone who may be interested I have an old HELA doc providing advice on reportable incidents or in some cases not. It will be of particular interest to anyone in a retail environment - please be advised this is quite old so as ever use caution with content. Let me know if you want it - PM me?