The guidance for the new RIDDOR 2013 Regs states that a specified injury includes; "any other injury arising from working in an enclosed space, which leads to hypothermia, heat induced illness or requires resuscitation or admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours" The old guidance did not refer to an 'enclosed space' as part of the reporting criteria. Can anyone tell me what the definition of an 'enclosed space' is? I guess an office or workshop is an 'enclosed space' but is a field or moor an 'enclosed space', (they have boundaries)? Would an incident whereby someone who was working outside sustained an injury and was required to be hospitalised for more than 24 hrs or suffered hypothermia then not be reportable, whereas under RIDDOR 95 it would have been? (Or am I unnecessarily getting myself in a muddle?). Some clarity would be welcome.

I see that the HSE do provide a definition of an enclosed space (see link) http://www.hse.gov.uk/ri...r/specified-injuries.htm So I guess I am right in thinking that the more than 24 hrs hospitalisation rule now only applies to incidents that occur in places that are enclosed and not all workplaces (eg those outside) as it was before the Reg change? I must admit I do find that rather odd!