Don't know. Why do you have to report to the police if you knock down a dog with your car, but not a cat?

Fair question, but the treatment is different too isn't it ?  For finger / toe fractures they tend to simply strap them up against the next one and leave them to heal, whereas other fractures tend to be placed in plaster for 6 weeks.

Finger / toe discrimination issue perhaps ???   :-)

I would go with toe/finger fractures not causing as much incapacity as other types of fracture.

Cats are not a listed animal under the reporting "duties in case of an accident" of the Road Traffic Act

The listed animals are meant to be under the control of their owner - no one controls cats.

Ooooooooooooooh Matron !

Cats most certainly have staff that do everything for them!!

On the question of finger and toe fractures these have never been included in RIDDOR on the basis that you can fracture them relatively easily and even do so without knowing you have done it.  My physiotherapist told me the other week that 75% of toe fractures go unnoticed until some sort of deformity happens because they just either don't hurt or get ignored.  Toes are relatively easy to fracture too - can you imagine what would happen to the RIDOOR stats if every toe fracture caused by banging your foot on the desk leg was reportable?  Treatment is also pretty limited with the majority of toe and finger fractures not receiving any treatment at all despite the hand / foot owner presenting at A&E.  These days they don't even strap fingers and toes because they have found that this generally causes more disability and deformity.  So I think fingers and toes are excluded from the pragmatic point of view of not making a rod for your own back!

Would hands be LOLER as they are for lifting.

Yes, we wouldn’t want to trouble the HSE with unnecessary reports now would we :0)

Agree a very long week, and I haven’t taken my coat off (not until the heater warms the room a bit more).

Chris

Originally Posted by: P Barrett

Originally Posted by: jwk

Elfin,

That's a reasonable answer, but isn't strapping a fairly recent approach? More recent than say the original RIDDOR regs? At one point didn't they put the whole hand or foot in plaster? Or am I thinking of hospital scenes from Carry-On films?

John

Strapping fractured fingers and toes together ( that really could be a scene from a carry on film) has happened ever since someone invented strapping. Or should I say strapping fingers or toes to adjacent digits has happened.

I think I know the scene you mean - lol

When I broke my toe I was told they don't strap fingers and toes anymore because it interferes with the way the digit naturally moves and aligns and can cut off blood supply.  I was just told to wear comfortable shoes until the toe got better and wasn't swollen or painful anymore.  It went some interesting colours though - shame I can't attach the pictures on here!!

Whilst living in Germany in the early 90's, I broke a finger quite badly. Went to German A&E and had the finger set and a cast put on up to my elbow. With an appointment made for 6 weks to come back and possibly have it rebroken to set it properly.

Went into work on the Monday and the Army Dr, removed the cast, strapped it to the next finger and then told me to crack on and man up. He also cancelled my appointment as the Army wouldn't pay for the treatment apart from that I had already received.

My finger is still a bit wonky but not noticable unless you look really closely.

Originally Posted by: Mark-W

Whilst living in Germany in the early 90's, I broke a finger quite badly. Went to German A&E and had the finger set and a cast put on up to my elbow. With an appointment made for 6 weks to come back and possibly have it rebroken to set it properly.

Went into work on the Monday and the Army Dr, removed the cast, strapped it to the next finger and then told me to crack on and man up. He also cancelled my appointment as the Army wouldn't pay for the treatment apart from that I had already received.

My finger is still a bit wonky but not noticable unless you look really closely.

I hope it was not your trigger finger?