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Hello,
Our employee allegedly injured his back on a Friday, failed to report until Monday but returned the following Monday but then half way through shift went to Doctors and the produced a 2 week sick note.
Is this a Riddor or does the fact that he came back to work for a few hours break it up?
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If you are going to accept that he hurt his back in work while carrying out a work related activity, then yes it is still reportable.
Obviously if he put in a new patio at home or played rugby on the weekend or even hurt his back getting into his car to go home on the Friday then no, but that is not the question you asked.
Problem is you may never know if he has a new patio etc, but is it at least plausible that he hurt his back while doing the work he was doing on the Friday.
Just my opinion, but two weeks seems quite a long time to have the sick note for ? Must have really done some damage, so it is a bit odd it was not reported at the time.
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He failed to report and only put it in the accident book of his own back if you pardon the pun
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What's a sick note? Surely you meen a Fit note?
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Yes sorry fitness to work form, forgot thet had changed name as Ive only ever had hangover days :)
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Hi Lisa,
Chris is right; there is no limit between the date of the injury and the date of the work-related ill-health as far as RIDDOR is concerned. As long as there is a reasonable link between the injury and the absence it is reportable,
John
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Oh no, Riddor number 13, unlucky for some
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If the person has been signed off for 2 weeks as you say. Then it is a RIDDOR as much as we dislike it. Just make sure to put down on the report the finer details of the incident including the failure to report in time and the fact that person worked half a shift on Monday before even reporting. Conduct a thorough investigation as there might be witnesses to the injury. Also look at re training the individual on your accident reporting procedures.
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jwk at # has got it hasn't he? Of course people DO sustain injuries at work but continue to work and then subsequently find that they are unable to, as appears to be the case here. I suppose the alternative is that they go off immediately which MIGHT happen with those employers who pay contractual sick pay from the moment of first going off sick and PERHAPS less so with those employers that don't.
When I complete either an incident report or a RIDDOR in the sort of circumstances you refer to, I ensure that I record/mention the difference between the (alleged) date of the injury and the date that the injury was reported and/or the IP went off sick.
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