Posted By Roger the Dodger 10days

Posted By Roger the Dodger Nope, not under 1st aid regs. 1st aid regs are just to do with the provision of 1st aid facilities and trained people.

Posted By Heather Aston Shaun There is no time limit set down anywhere. This has been the subject of much discussion on this forum in the recent past. In theory, any employee should have access to the accident book to put in an entry - it does not have to be the first aider. I would let them do so if only to cover yourselves. Here's what we'd do - note this is purely the view in my company not what the law says. (as it does not say anything about this particular circumstance) The first aider would record the alleged injury - and would write "no treatment, report only" as this type of injury cannot usually be treated retrospectively by a first aider (it ceases to be "first aid" this long after the incident and anyway there is proabably no appropriate treatment that they are allowed to give) We would then investigate and record the circumstances of the alleged incident that caused the problem. It would be clearly noted on the accident investigation form that the injury was not reported for 4 days. The accident would be included in our company statistics and if it subsequently became reportable we would do so - clearly noting on the form to HSE, the delay in the employee notifying the accident to us. Not everyone on this board agrees with that approach - as I say this is the way WE do it. If a claim resulted, the employee's case would not be helped by the delay in reporting. Ours would be helped by the fact that we had treated it seriously and investigated properly. Indeed I have successfully defended a case where just such a delay occurred in an alleged muscular strain injury Eventully the claimant's solicitor got fed up and went away as it was apparent their client had no case. Hope this helps Heather