Posted By Steve Appleton A couple of years ago when I worked for a different company who operated hundreds of sites around the country we moved away from having the B1510 accident book at every site in favour of a electronic database held off-site by National Britannia (the company that runs the HSE Accident Report Line). (Those having an accident would call a 24 hour phone number to make a report). As you might expect, the information recorded was in line with the info required for a report under RIDDOR. Before we could go down this route, we had to first gain approval from the DHSS (now the Dept for Work & Pensions I believe). Hope this helps.

Posted By Sean Fraser Steve, I would refer you to the related thread called "Accident Books" which is also running at the moment - it discusses changes to the B1510 Book due to the Data Protection Act. We are based on numerous sites and have books on each, with an additional central Lotus Notes database for recording accidents, incidents and suggestions. Under social security law we are required to record names and addresses of those involved in accidents and this is normally achieved through the B1510 book, but a duplicate report in the SIR (Safety Incident Report) database does NOT require this detail (because of the confidentiallity aspect) and promotes a no-blame culture to encourage reporting. Unfortunately, the B1510 book only records accident details, whereas our SIR database allows for root cause analysis, corrective action and review for effectiveness. We've ended up with a hybrid system that on the face of it suffers from the scourge of duplication, but there is no easy way to deal with it and meet both statutory requirements and application of good safety practice in investigating and recording actions. Add to this the fact that the nature, frequency and location of accidents are all used for planning effective preventive action and this requires a high visibility of the recording system including historical records where individual cases can be used as illustrative examples in training and awareness sessions, and we have all sorts of potential complications in trying to apply a single recording system. Which boils down to the fact that we had been considering getting rid of the B1510 but might need to rethink that in light of current events. Now that I come to think of it, I've been of little help in answering your question but at least I've given you some more aspects to consider!

Posted By Jay Joshi Sorry, I missed including the point that many organisations have systems that incorporates requirements of RIDDOR and The Social Security Regulations in the same format.

Posted By Richard Webber Is it not true that an employee that has an accident at work has a right to personally enter the details into the Accident Book ? If this is the case then all systems that integrate the Accident Book and the accident report form must provide for the injured party to record their version of events, and for them to be able to freely access this information.