Posted By Jonathan Sandler Dear Reader, Should a company record the possibility of an employee committing suicide? Sect 3. MSAWAW Reg 99 Nice chearful subject for a monday. Ref Coroprate Manslaughter. Regards. Jonathan

Posted By Jonathan Sandler What happends if another company apart for the employees own comapny is named in the suicide note? Does an F2508 need to be completed? Regards. Jonathan

Posted By George Wedgwood Clearly some may not be from a very large company with over 100k employees - average suicide rates (few actually at work) may be around 3-5 in 100,000 employees per year i.e. possibly up to 5 x 10-5 pa in risk terms, or higher in agriculture. However, instances are not as frequent as natural deaths in service! So yes, you should examine the (medium) risks and especially think about what the company should do about it both from the reporting and support issues as well as the root causes, which may include stress. Training for managers should include such a possibility and they should be able to recognise early stress symptoms or family problems etc. You can have a stress management approach as well as some kind of employee confidential counselling service, that can spot early signs of difficulty that can possibly be dealt with sensitively and confidentially. Regards, George

Posted By Ken Taylor You asked about recording. I think that if an employer has reason to believe that an employee has a health condition that may affect their work and the health and safety of themselves or others from their work it should be recorded together with the action taken. However, I don't recall 'suicidal tendency' being reportable under RIDDOR.