Posted By Descarte HSE Definition is: An injury accident which causes a loss of time beyond the shift during which the accident occurred. Though I don't think that makes it any easier to understand This however reads better: Lost time injuries occur when an employee sustains a work-related injury which results in time away from work past the day of the accident

Posted By Raymond Rapp I thought for the purpose of recording LTIs the injury was normally RIDDOR reportable ie more than 3 days off work. The other example is an interesting one and presumably would go down as an injury sustained at work. Therefore if absence occurred it would be a LTI. Action - provide slip on shoes! Ray

Posted By Bill Parkinson Brian It is important to note that you count days off, holidays etc when looking at over 3 day injuries. The key question is whether they were able to do their normal work without restriction should they have been at work for more than 3 days after the incident. Also don't forget you have to report RIDDORs if they go off work some months after the incident (within the 12 months subsequent to the incident). Interestingly enough RTAs are not included in RIDDOR even when off work (as I have discussed this with the HSE as we have had this occur a number of times). Will this change in the forthcoming review of RIDDOR ? Bill