Here's an interesing case;Last year (27/01/10) an employee of ours reported that he had fallen over while doing survey work in field in Cornwall. He was injured and in some pain, but after a few days rest seemed to recover. He did not visit a medic or anything and was not off work for more than 3 days. So at this stage this was not a RIDDOR. He recently had a medical which included an X-ray and it looks like he has a fracture of his hip, which could be down to his fall. So do we need to report it and what happens if they ask us why it has taken nearly a year to report it?

Personally I would request Med Records to try and establish if the fracture was actually 11 months old - this should be confirmed by the GPs notes, X Ray via the healing process. If that’s the case report it - its perfectly reasonable why you did not in the first instance. Over 2 years is my record! requesting the MR's as part of the investigation will assist two fold also - you may well get a PIC - if any injury has been aggravated by such a long spell between diagnosis, this will support any defence - I appreciate this is a bit negative and may not apply but I am seeing a massive increase in PI's, so I always take this type of action.