Hi all,

We have an agency labourer working for us, who asked me for a pair of anti-vibration gloves. On pressing him further, it appears that he is suffering from some symptoms of HAVS. I'm now halfway through conducting the investigation into this, during which he told me that he first went to his Doctor about this in March '23, but didn't start working for us until July '23. He also said that he declared HAVS symptoms on his initial medical questionnaire issued by his agency - they have confirmed that no such indication was made. We are engaging an OHP to assess him and his symptoms, and the investigation is ongoing, but my question is:

With the fact that this appears to be a pre-existing condition, and that he did not tell us from the outset, if the OHP confirms a diagnosis of HAVS, is this reportable by us as a RIDDOR (and will therefore go on our figures)??

Thanks everyone :-)

Thanks @Elfin_Safety.

If the diagnosis had actually been made back in March last year, when he consulted his GP, and four months before he started working for us, would that have any bearing on our duty to report, with the fact that we had not been made aware of it? Just thinking with the transient nature of Agency staff, he could be laying a whole trail of RIDDOR reports behind him!!!