Posted By Raymond Rapp Anju, Cannot tell you for sure but I suggest it is probably difficult to prove would be the main answer. However, there are also a number of different ill health and injuries that are not included in RIDDOR. Specifically the number one occupational ill health - stress. Ray

Posted By Jay Joshi The "Draft proposals for the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 199-" Consultative Document CD 74 in April 1994 stated: The commonest occupational disease omitted from the schedule is noise-induced hearing loss. This has a long latency and usually does not result in absence from work, which means that a medical certificate is rarely issued. It is therefore difficult to see how this condition could successfully be included in reporting arrangements specifically linked to a doctor's certificate.