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Hi all, Am interested in opinions on the following; We had an external contractor working on site last week, he was cutting something and sliced into his finger. The accident report said finger was severed, however I have since found out that it was "only" the a chunk of his finger that was missing, rather than the whole digit. Still RIDDOR? thanks
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If it's "only" a chunk of the finger, then probably not a RIDDOR under "amputation" (there again, maybe it depends on exactly how big the chunk was !).
However, it still might be RIDDOR if it's bad enough for him/her to be unable to work for the next few days....
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Hi Russ,
It would be of my opinion that this is NOT RIDDOR reportable. Regardless of the termanology on the accident form, as long as his finger was not amuptated as a result of this, then this will just be an accident - Unless of course he is away from work (or normal working duties) for over 7 days.
Kind regards
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A contractor is not your employee, and sounds like the accident was down to using their own plant/equipment. It's up to his employer to determine whether or not its reported.
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