I have a quick question if anyone can help me....

I have just been informed of an incident that happened on site yesterday.

A collection driver had come on to site to pick up a shipment of boxes....
As he was taking the boxes to his van he was also using his mobile phone....
As he turned around he bumped into one employee and hit her on the hip with the box.

The employee has asked to put the incident into the accident book this morning and although the injury is minor (bruising) I feel that it is right to complete an incident report.

The question is,

After the accident book is filled in should we inform the collection company of the incident?

I'm thinking in regards of the drivers manual handling and use of mobile phone etc..

I don't think our employee will need time off sick but who knows how the injury will go.

Thanks very much

Personally I have raised just such matters with our regular site visitor employers

- speeding
- mobile phone use whilst driving on our premises
- driving whilst using PDA
- driving whilst doing paperwork
- dumping materials in the waste skip without asking
- smoking in vehicles on site (we have a total site ban on smoking & vaping)

If they admit to an honest mistake it goes no further.

Repeaters or a reply with attitude results in their employer getting a call as we have a duty to all present at site and work on the basis "would we allow our employees to do the same?"

just a thought re wagon/van driving areas

Many many drivers are self employed [those self same self employed people who may be opted out of H&S as they are low risk according to the HSE & gov] so it them becomes very complicated, time consuming and costly to follow up such areas so strong controls are needed when such drivers are on site