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Have an employee who suffers from a variety of medical conditions (none of which are work related) who had to be removed to hospital by ambulance after collapsing from one of their conditions, the condition was not the result of an accident or anything relating to work or the work place, what is the best way to record this, being as it was not work related or an accident, and does it need reporting, Still a bit new to some of this so could do with a bit of advice
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Dav,
Was an entry made in the First Aid book for any treatment given prior to the Ambulance arriving?
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It doesn't need reporting but it's a good idea to make a record, especially of any first aid given, and you can use the accident book for this.
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Would this be recordable under the:
Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979, Regulation 25 requires an employer to maintain details of the accident / incident in a book, or electronically for at least 3 years from the date of entry.
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Cheers
Ian
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Listen to Kate and yep the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1979 may apply so you need to evaluate that law as well, but this would require you finding out if such a person is currently &/or possibly to make a SS claim
Note: The BI510 is a social security requirement NOT a H&S [HSE] requirement! The only H&S requirement re accidents and incidents is via RIDDOR where RIDDOR does not require an accident book / form
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Dav wrote:Have an employee who suffers from a variety of medical conditions (none of which are work related) who had to be removed to hospital by ambulance after collapsing from one of their conditions, the condition was not the result of an accident or anything relating to work or the work place, what is the best way to record this, being as it was not work related or an accident, and does it need reporting, Still a bit new to some of this so could do with a bit of advice No need to report under RIDDOR or indeed enter in an accident book as, it appears, there has been no personal injury therefore no accident, although it may be prudent to make an entry in your organisations reporting procedure. These incidents can come back and haunt you sometimes if you dont! These medical conditions are obviously pre existing so you will have a duty of care to your employee if you knew of them and the employee has a duty to tell his employer about anything that will affect his work. Allan Rhodes
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Dav
Please do not take any offence at my observation regarding your post as I certainly do not intend to offend but you have said that it is not related to work in any way? I would be careful of taking such a stand point as many things can bring on certain medical conditions? I myself would not presume to have the in depth medical knowledge of determining what could and could not cause certain conditions to materialise. I would just tread very careful and if in doubt consult a more knowledgeable source and then base your decision whether to report or not on that.
Kind regards
MG
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The accident book allows for entries like this. Experience tells me it is far better to over record and not require, than to not record and then require. Trsut me, I was a Policeman!
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