IMHO as the employee is designated a Home Worker and as such "at work" I would record the fact they have had an incident / injury (yes I appreciate there will probably be much debate about travel to and from a place of employment etc.) and my reasoning being that whilst they may feel fine today sprained joints etc. could be a potential contributory factor in later ill health / absence being pursued by ambulance chasers, in which case your insurers would appreciate there being at least a record of incident even though the location is entirely beyond the scope of your control. More importantly because the employee considering them self to be at work has informed his employer in line with your company accident/incident recording policy.

I would suggest not a RIDDOR as its his home, which you have no control over.

Is he being paid from the moment he closes the front door ? or only paid when he reaches the place of work. May help you decide. If this is an internal report, do you need / want to know about these type of accidents? Chris

How does starting your work day from home make you a home worker? Unless we're travelling, we all start our work day from home, and the risks are the same for all of us. RIDDOR is about statistics and identifying potentially hazardous workplaces - doesn't confusing the issue by telling them about Mr Jones' garden gnome trip hazard harm us all by deflecting attention from genuinely dangerous practices?

Thanks guys for all the great responses. Roundtuit (I never got one of them!!). I think you are on the button. Report anyway. Perhaps if this was RIDDOR then I could have added more detail. This employee works away from the home for the working day carrying out inspections, the home is the designated start / end to the IP’s working day and hours are flexible. To clarify this accident occurred when the IP was going to the car in the morning to start his working day. I know this area is grey and this is why I thought I would open up for debate. As any employee the IP will carry out home working so it is our policy for them to carry out self - assessments for the home environment every 6 monthly which we provide forms and guidance. But I guess the point I’m making is how can an employer be responsible for an employee leaving for work slipping on their own driveway? If this was RIDDOR i.e employee being off >7 days, was this work related accident? So would it be reportable? Opinions are appreciated,

Every morning upto 20 idiots try to kill themselves trying to get across the main road near our site. I have sent out warnings etc but when I get asked ‘if one of them s to get killed would it be a RIDDOR?’ I say no as they on the way to work not at work. They are only at work when they come through the site entrance. Similarly when we managed inspectors they were only at work once they visited their first clients.

Definitely never a RIDDOR as the occurrence is on route to a place of work at a location beyond the employers control - for the majority of UK residents (including for example HGV drivers leaving home for their depot) travel is covered by common sense, natural selection, fate and the Road Traffic Act. Apparently there are 20 individuals pushing their luck against fate and natural selection through lacking common sense and reliant upon the conduct of others being in accordance with the road Traffic Act in A Kurdziels part of the UK.

Sorry my earlier response was taking the original posters comment that they knew it was not RIDDOR into account and that this was just an internal record. Thing is you never seem to get all the info. Was for instance the IP carrying a load of heavy equipment from his home to his company vehicle which he needed for his job. Said equipment is not allowed to be left in company vehicle overnight. If this was the case then I would say he was working. or Was he just walking to get in. In which case not at work The devil is always in the detail. Likelihood is not working, but just because he has not passed through some gates to a building does not necessarily mean he has not started work (does it). All IMHO Chris

Thanks to mobile phones, and "on-call" systems it could even be the case that you don't even get chance for your feet to swing out of bed before you are working ;-)

lets make it very clear where a person is going from their home [their home could be a hotel room] to a none-permanent place of work they are at work from the moment they leave their permanent residence and set foot on the public highway/public area and it is from that point that all the laws apply and vice-verse when they are going home a none-permanent place of work as they finish work when they arrive at home and not just as they leave that none-permanent place of work Background: Many many many years ago the HSE took their guidance and stance from the inland revenue's* position, law and guidance + case law [the IR's position is tougher but less complicated than the HSE's re this area but that is another story]

IMHO there are too many people being too hasty to say no to reporting accidents.

The IP is at work reportable. claimable debatable.