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Posted By NSO
Is there a nationally recognised time limit in which to report an accident to your employer (not RIDDOR applicable)? I've just been handed an accident report for something which happened 14/11/06. I commend the IP for bringing it to my attention but can't get to grips with why he's left it so long to tell me. If it is purely for claim reasons it doesn't make sense. The IP has been with us for many years and is fully aware of how to report an accident.
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Posted By safety medic
NSO,
An employee must report an accident as soon as is practicable following the accident. However from a claim point of view, there is a time limit of 3 years to make a claim against the company for injury.
On site we take the view that if it isnt reported on the day/at the time of injury it may well not have happened at work at all and as a result an annotation is made in the accident book and incident report to that effect. This ensures that because it was not reported immediately that there is mitigation on part of the company unless it can be proved by the IP that it was work related injury.
Hope this helps.
Ian
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Posted By David MacFarlane
We have an accident reporting procedure. This written procedure is given to all employees as part of their Company 'starter packs'.
This method makes it clear to all on how and when to report and incident/accident, who to phone, what information to take, etc.
It works well.
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Posted By w.j. jones
I dont believe that you have accept retrospective reporting of an accident, unless it can be proven that it occured at work, obviously circumstances can play a part, such as someone having an accident when leaving the site and maybe not having the opportunity to report until the following day, but generally with the time spans that are mentioned here, it would, in my humble opinion, be reasonable not to accept that this was your responsibility.
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Posted By Christopher
My understanding is that there is no legal time limit on the reporting of incidents. Obviously, you would identify when the form was received. You might even want to chase up why the delay.
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Posted By ian milne
Hi,
I would recommend that this is discussed formally with your HR team and a written letter sent along the lines; 'we are unable to verify if the accident you have mentioned occurred within or outwith work, therefore it is difficult to allow us to investigate throughly and prevent similar occurances to our other collegues.
While we have recorded this, you understand that this does put us in a delima. We will however try to prevent any recurrences.
Please reappraise yourself of our accident process and the timely reporting to allow actions to be taken asap.'
Thanks, mate
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Posted By jackw.
Hi, Employees can retrospectively report an accident and if an injury occurred it should be entered into the accident book. In these circumstances I tend to thoroughly question the person involved re how plausible the story is and if the accident did/could actually have happened on the premises as the worker describes. Also consider if the injury could have been caused outside work or be not work related.. for example a back, ankle, foot etc injury. Was the incident witnessed by anyone else. (be careful of the 10% witness), I know very cynical. Also make it clear to the worker that it will be marked as being reported after the incident and questionable. Finally make certain that the employee is made fully aware of the need to report these incidents promptly and not to do so is a breach of your policy and repeats could be dealt with via disciplinary procedures.
Don't forget to consider if this employee is at it. You don't say why he didn't report it when it happened?
Hope this helps.
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