After an accident at a local village hall, where the IP was attending a function there, they tripped and fell and had to be taken to hospital for treatment. As this is not a place of work, does it need RIDDOR reporting?

All i can find is conflicting information, which is leading me to think it does need reporting. 

All advice appreciated. 

First question would be: is there an employer? Does the "owner" or committee or trustees employ staff? Even if they just pay a cleaner for a couple of hours a week then the full gamut of H&S regulations apply, including RIDDOR.

But the second question, as Ian said: was the incident work related, ie was there a defect or act or omission that caused the IP to trip? If not, no RIDDOR.

Edited by user 24 June 2019 17:26:43(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

RIDDOR For me as the below.

Non fatal accidents to non-workers (eg members of the public)

Accidents to members of the public or others who are not at work must be reported if they result in an injury and the person is taken directly from the scene of the accident to hospital for treatment to that injury. Examinations and diagnostic tests do not constitute ‘treatment’ in such circumstances.

There is no need to report incidents where people are taken to hospital purely as a precaution when no injury is apparent.

When previously making RIDDOR reports regarding members of the public/other non-employees, I have been advised by the HSE that you need to report if the injury is due to a deficiency of equipment (e.g. a faulty chair, broken furniture, obvious trip hazard such as raised paving slabs).

If the injury is not due to this (e.g. tripping over own feet, feinting due to lack of nourishment and going to hospital) it is not reportable.

I'm with Cpt Beaky on this. Work is involved by an act of omission; the nail was not removed, so in my book a member of the punlic was injured by an accident arising out of work and required hospital treatment. And before anybody says work was not involved, consider e.g Flixborough. It was a maintenance failure that caused Flixborough, nobody was actually working in the area when the pipe split, but that would certainly have been reportable under current rules (actually HSE would probably have heard the bang),

John

So what was the function in the village hall? Stated to be non-work activity etc.

Personally I think don't RIDDOR was intended to capture low level slips & trips (if that is what happened) for people attending social functions in the local village hall.