Hi All, With the changes to RIDDOR for the definitions of occupational diseases, I'm wondering where this leaves reporting of WRULDs related to DSE use. Would it still be included in the below as the examples of activities in the schedule has been removed. ◦cramp in the hand or forearm, where the person's work involves prolonged periods of repetitive movement of the fingers, hand or arm; What are your opinions? Thanks

This dated 9th July: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pr...3/hse-riddor-changes.htm leads to proposed altered guidance (All subject to parliamentary approval)via: http://www.hse.gov.uk/ri...october-2013-changes.htm to: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg453.htm

Peter, That's not the right attitude! Nice Mr. Cameron has done all this to reduce the burden of red tape on industry and there you are rubbishing his efforts. You should realise someone (and his mates) who has never had a real job in his life, knows what's best for you and your unimportant little company. For the benefit of those out there, with mild Autism - I'm being sarcastic; I do actually know how valuable Peter's company is to this country.

I read in some of the associated press that the changes to RIDDOR will save UK business £6mill over the next decade. In 2012 there were approx. 4.8mill private businesses in the UK. I make that a saving of 12.5p a year per business over the next 10 years (if you assume all those businesses are equal...which they're clearly not so you can arguably dismiss that figure but, well, I think it makes a nice, if facetious, point) The HSE impact assessment only seems to talk about a £2.3mill estimated benefit from the RIDDOR changes. I may need to reread the Impact Assessment to see what I'm missing here....and also the press release to see where the £6mill figure comes from - I can't find it anywhere other than in reported articles. Impact Assessment: http://www.hse.gov.uk/co...condocs/cd243-update.pdf How much will it be costing you to change your policies, retrain any staff who undertake reporting etc.? It's fair to say they haven't considered business who are cross jurisdictional boundaries within the UK....and presumably for whom this change is most meant to be benefit as those who are most likely to be larger employers with a greater propensity to report.