RIDDOR Reporting Query – Student Injury During Supervised Gym Session

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RIDDOR Reporting Query – Student Injury During Supervised Gym Session - A 17-year-old student fractures their wrist during a supervised gym session — should this be reporte

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Syed Neyaz Ahmad		#1 Posted : 13 November 2025 06:45:23(UTC)
Rank: New forum user		A 17-year-old college student fractures their wrist while participating in a supervised gym session during a physical education class. The injury requires hospital treatment and a plaster cast. Should this incident be reported under RIDDOR, even though it occurred during a normal sports activity?


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HSSnail		#2 Posted : 13 November 2025 08:20:15(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Not under the HSE guidance, unless there was a fault with the equipment or supervision. Peter will be along in a minute to say thats not what RIDDOR says, and hes right, but its how the HSE interprit it.


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Roundtuit		#3 Posted : 13 November 2025 10:19:27(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Originally Posted by: Syed Neyaz Ahmad A 17-year-old college student fractures their wrist while participating in a supervised gym session during a physical education class. The injury requires hospital treatment and a plaster cast. Should this incident be reported under RIDDOR, even though it occurred during a normal sports activity? Funnily enough you already had feedback on this question before posting it http://forum.iosh.co.uk/posts/t134704-Sports-injuries The injury must be work related so in consequence of supervision or defect. Tripping over their own feet or crashing in to a wall does not make RIDDOR.

2 users thanked Roundtuit for this useful post.		peter gotch on 13/11/2025(UTC), peter gotch on 13/11/2025(UTC)
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Roundtuit		#4 Posted : 13 November 2025 10:19:27(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Originally Posted by: Syed Neyaz Ahmad A 17-year-old college student fractures their wrist while participating in a supervised gym session during a physical education class. The injury requires hospital treatment and a plaster cast. Should this incident be reported under RIDDOR, even though it occurred during a normal sports activity? Funnily enough you already had feedback on this question before posting it http://forum.iosh.co.uk/posts/t134704-Sports-injuries The injury must be work related so in consequence of supervision or defect. Tripping over their own feet or crashing in to a wall does not make RIDDOR.

2 users thanked Roundtuit for this useful post.		peter gotch on 13/11/2025(UTC), peter gotch on 13/11/2025(UTC)
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peter gotch		#5 Posted : 13 November 2025 11:24:40(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Morning HSSnail Panto season in the offing so my comment it "oh, no I won't". [Might be that some new arrivals on these Forums will have to check AI to find out what "panto season" means] Roundtuit has already pointed to an almost identical question. So, on this one the HSE guidance on RIDDOR is sound.


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