Quick answer is no - just ensure that the new accident form does not fall foul of the confidentiality laws. We did this a few years ago & got HSE approval for the new form - but you may not get that support from them these days

I don't disagree with Evans' quick answer, but - on a 'point of order' - HSE could not approve or otherwise the record format - since the requirement for the BI 510 comes from the claim and payments regs and would be enforced (if ever) by the DHSS not by HSE... (I have never heard of any prosecutions for failing to get approval for a different format of recording...)

Concur with the previous contributors. Accident books are not a H&S requirement.They're derived from the Social Security Act of 1972 or 73. Under the Management Regs of 1999 employers must have the means of recording and investigating incidents, accidents and near-misses. Custom and practice has lead to accident books being used even though they dont have the ability to record investigations in the same place. We've invested heavily in a web-based reporting system but if you're not able to make such an investment a simple form is sufficient as long as it details clearly what happened (Fact not opinion), who was involved, where it happpened, when it happpened. Something I added to our origional report form was 'What suggestions could you offer that may avoid it happening again'. It gave us a couple of wild suggestions, which isn't a surprise, but we did get some really good suggestions from the workforce so it becomes not only a reporting tool it develops into a means of consultation.