Posted By Alan Barthrope
As this was an injury at work I would report this incident as an over 3 day injury. You have nothing to lose

In your particular case this may not initialy seem very important, but should the same operative receive another sting and perhaps this time suffer an anaphylatic shock, you may need to be able to prove your records are sound.

I used to know a H & S person who was involved in the production of vegetables etc, in large green houses. They used to import bees to assist in the pollonation of the crops.

Bee stings was a foreseeable hazard and they used to have management controls in place for this. A number of crop pickers carried syringes of adrenaline for use in such circumstances.

It is foreseeable that any of your outside workers may receive future stings, therefore as a minimume your first aiders should be madw aware of the response/action to take.

Posted By Barry Cooper
Just to keep you up dated.
The contractor rang the local HSE office to enquire whether the incident was reportable,
Their reply was " not really reportable, unless you were contracted to move a wasps nest or you disturbed the wasp whilst cutting up the tree, but you can report it if you want"

A very definitive answer

Barry

Posted By Neil Pearson
I don't get it. The contractor was at work, and was carrying out his work, and was unfit for normal work for more than 3 days. The only thing is that it was probably the contractor's duty to report, not yours.