A colleague of mine called me on Friday to seek my opinion regarding an accident that occurred at his place of work. A member of his Staff was carrying out normal duties which involved the feeding of raw material for further processing. Whilst walking to the machine hopper the Operator found himself on the floor sustaining a knee injury requiring Hospital treatment Upon further investigation the root cause of the accident was attributed to the Operator having an unknown medical condition which caused him to faint. It is very likely that the injury sustained will incapacitate the injured person over 7 days and subsequently the question I was asked was" should it be reported to the HSE". My advice was that if the injured person is incapacitated for over 7 days the accident must be reported to the HSE under the RIDDOR. Do you agree with the advice that I gave my colleague Best Regards John

But it was an accident at work so reportable.

"a RIDDOR report is required only when: the accident is work-related" Direct quote from HSE's website: http://www.hse.gov.uk/ri...reportable-incidents.htm Thus Chris42 and John J are offering good advice.

Once again, the answer is in the published guidance as already indicated. The guidance includes more detail about what counts as work-related so I suggest reviewing that part of it.