Report an accident in your workplace

Reporting accidents and ill health at work is a legal requirement. 

This falls under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR). 

What to report

Not all accidents need reporting. 

You need to make a RIDDOR report when the accident is work-related and results in a reportable injury or illness. 

You must report: 

• deaths
• major injuries, such as fractures, head injuries or burns
• accidents resulting in a person not being able to work for 7 consecutive days after the injury - even if they are not contracted to work some of those days
• diseases
• dangerous occurrences
• gas incidents
• accidents to members of the public, such as customers or volunteers, if they’re injury results from a work activity and they’re taken directly from the accident scene to hospital for treatment 

Who to report to

All accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences must be reported to the Incident Contact Centre (ICC). 

Report an accident to the Incident Contact Centre 

After you’ve reported an accident

The ICC will forward details of the accident to the relevant organisation. That means it will come to us or go to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), depending on the type of business you run. 

How we deal with reports

We review all accident reports the ICC send to us. 

We decide whether to investigate an accident further by: 

• referring to HSE Incident Selection Criteria Guidance
• using workplace accident data to make sure we intervene where risk is highest 

To make sure we comply with legislation, we have an enforcement policy. 

Read our Environmental health and trading standards enforcement policy