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Vera Figueiredo  
#1 Posted : 05 December 2025 12:09:29(UTC)
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Vera Figueiredo

Good afternoon,

My organization is looking to move away from paper forms and fully digitalize our Health & Safety forms, inspections, and record-keeping. We need a platform that is highly compliant, provides a reliable audit trail, and is easy for our field/site teams to use.

We are finding so many different options online but would love to hear genuine user experiences.

Thank you so much in advance for your help!

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Martin Fieldingt on 05/12/2025(UTC)
Anna Smith  
#2 Posted : 18 December 2025 08:00:53(UTC)
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Anna Smith

Originally Posted by: Vera Figueiredo Go to Quoted Post

Good afternoon,

My organization is looking to move away from paper forms and fully digitalize our Health & Safety forms, inspections, and record-keeping. We need a platform that geometry dash is highly compliant, provides a reliable audit trail, and is easy for our field/site teams to use.

We are finding so many different options online but would love to hear genuine user experiences.

Thank you so much in advance for your help!

Hi Vera,

We switched from paper to a digital H&S platform last year, and it’s been a huge improvement. Field teams can fill forms on their phones, even offline, and everything is automatically logged for audits. No more lost forms, fewer errors, and faster reporting. It took a bit of training at first, but now everyone finds it much easier. Definitely worth moving away from paper!

A Kurdziel  
#3 Posted : 18 December 2025 09:59:24(UTC)
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A Kurdziel

I think that the bot vultures are circling over the rotten carcass that is the IOSH forum. Why would anyone bother to post something onto the  forum knowing that in a few weeks it will be deceased, no more, gone to the great recycling bin in the sky.  There is a mysterious link in this document, which  I am not going to try. This is going to be an ignoble end to a useful venture.

 

I was hoping that the last posting might be something more typical as well as seasonal.

Here is question: if an elf falls out of Santa’s sleigh on Christmas eve,  is it a RIDDOR?  

 Merry Christmas one and All

 

Andrew Kurdziel

peter gotch  
#4 Posted : 18 December 2025 11:49:53(UTC)
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peter gotch

Hi Andrew

You never know, that could be the last ever RIDDOR question on these Forums.

Assuming this incident happens in Great Britain.....

If the elf falls out of the sleigh up in the skys presumably outside the scope of RIDDOR, and instead subject to whatever reporting requirements are enforced by CAA.

If on landing, probably not reportable as the elf is probably self-employed or a supposed "volunteer". Can't imagine Santa wanting all the hassle of having to pay National Insurance.

+ we could have a long debate as to whether RIDDOR only applies to "humans" and not to "elves".

Roundtuit  
#5 Posted : 18 December 2025 13:59:46(UTC)
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Roundtuit

iosh may be giving up but Anna Smith is still being reported for an embedded hyperlink in the quote

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Roundtuit  
#6 Posted : 18 December 2025 13:59:46(UTC)
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Roundtuit

iosh may be giving up but Anna Smith is still being reported for an embedded hyperlink in the quote

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Roundtuit  
#7 Posted : 18 December 2025 14:08:25(UTC)
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Roundtuit

Originally Posted by: A Kurdziel Go to Quoted Post
if an elf falls out of Santa’s sleigh on Christmas eve,  is it a RIDDOR?

If we keep to the residential status of elves and Santa as being c/o North Pole then none of the Arctic five (Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, USA) have RIDDOR regulation so the answer would be No.

Roundtuit  
#8 Posted : 18 December 2025 14:08:25(UTC)
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Roundtuit

Originally Posted by: A Kurdziel Go to Quoted Post
if an elf falls out of Santa’s sleigh on Christmas eve,  is it a RIDDOR?

If we keep to the residential status of elves and Santa as being c/o North Pole then none of the Arctic five (Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, USA) have RIDDOR regulation so the answer would be No.

knotty  
#9 Posted : 18 December 2025 15:11:55(UTC)
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knotty

Originally Posted by: A Kurdziel Go to Quoted Post

Here is question: if an elf falls out of Santa’s sleigh on Christmas eve,  is it a RIDDOR?  

 Merry Christmas one and All

 

Andrew Kurdziel

I'm proud to finally be able to give the usual considered to reponse to a RIDDOR question - (not "if in doubt, report it") but "perhaps you are asking the wrong question"..... surely the unfortunate elf must first land, and suffer a reportable injury, or be incapacitated for the required time period. One could argue that an elf unexpectely falling from the sky is a dangerous occurrence. However, you'd still have to demonstrate his "work" or "equipment" status.... did the unfortunate event occur during the course of his employment, or was he a not-so-innocent bystander who hitched a lift to engage in a bit of pre-Christmas base-jumping? 

There is (to coin another well-used forum phrase) insufficient information and context to fully answer the question.

It's been fun - goodbye forum colleagues.

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peter gotch on 18/12/2025(UTC)
Kate  
#10 Posted : 20 December 2025 12:36:41(UTC)
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Kate

It could be RIDDOR reportable if the elf lands on and thereby causes sufficient injury to one of Father Christmas's helpers on the ground, or to a naughty child who is then transported directly for hospital treatment from the scene.

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peter gotch on 20/12/2025(UTC)
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