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Had a manager have a stroke while sat at his desk.
Was taken to 'drop in' centre by colleague, then taken by colleague to hospital.
Stroke diagnosed, now off work on long term sick.
Is this reportable or not?
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Julian, absolutely not RIDDOR reportable as it was a medical episode & not an injury.
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Not caused by a workplace accident and not a specified injury = Not RIDDOR
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Unless he was doing something at (for work) that caused the stroke absolutely not
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Totally agree, not RIDDOR. However, not RIDDOR doesn't mean don't make a detailed record for your own files, taking all factors into account just in case the IP (or his representative ambulance chaser) wants to come back and say that it was work related stress that was the catalyst for the stroke or some other such stuff that people claim for these days.
Just get your documents in order, find out what he was working on and make a dossier - just in case.
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RIDDOR applies only to work related injuries and very specific work related / caused illnesses, strokes do not fall under the remit of RIDDOR and should not be reported
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Originally Posted by: Hsquared14  RIDDOR applies only to work related injuries and very specific work related / caused illnesses, strokes do not fall under the remit of RIDDOR and should not be reported
As far as I know, stress is not reportable
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First of all, I hope that your manager is able to recover from the medical condition. The medical condition is not reportable under RIDDOR.
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