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Good afternoon all, I need some clarification on when to stop recording certian lost time injuries. Around 3 months ago, an accident occurred onsite that resulted in an operative sustaining a deep wound to the side of his foot. The injuries were mainly superficial with no broken bones. The IP was off for more than 7 days after the accident, a RIDDOR was reported & we assisted in the IP's recovery. Following on from the injury, it was reported by the IP's family that the individual was not attending site to get their wounds changed etc, this has resulted in complications to their injury & now the IP foot has been infected. I'm aware of how lost time works, however where do we draw the line in counting the lost time. I believe that if the IP had complied with their recovery they would be back, at this moment in time we are at 92 lost days. Any help would be great. Many thanks.
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Hi Chris Probably no hard and fast rules on this. However, what is the purpose of your organisation counting time lost? NOT required by UK accident reporting legislation but you might be doing this to benchmark with other parts of the organisation or other organisations following US OSHA requirements. If so, you might want to look at all the OSHA Frequently Asked Questions to see if there is precedent or guidance. If it is simply to get a measure of the impact of accidents on time away from work, possibly you have to decide on what you consider might break the cause-effect relationship. So, you COULD decide that the injured party choosing to stop treatment breaks the chain. OR you COULD see this as a foreseeable action that doesn't break the chain.
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