제 목 : RIDDOR revamp
일 자 : 1996년 02월
제공처 : THE RoSPA BULLETIN
New accident reporting regulations come into force on 1 April.
The Reporting of injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR 95) replace the 1985 version and four separate
sets of regulations on railways and offshore operations.
A new requirement in future will be the reporting of injuries to
people at work caused by acts of violence.
'HSE and the Commission need information about the nature and extent
of violence to staff, which is the subject of increasing public
concern,' HSC chairman, Frank Davies claims.
'HSC has also simplified the duty to report accidents to members of
the public in any workplace - reporting will be required for deaths or
accidents where a member of the public is taken to hospital.
'All the accidents and diseases that need to be reported are
undoubtedly serious - fatalities, major injuries such as fractures,
amputations or loss of sight ; and any injuries which mean that someone
is unable to do their normal work for three or mor days,' Mr Davies
said.
'The information we get from these reports is very important. It helps
us to identify how and where risks arise and to identify trends in
accidents. It means we can make sure we target our resources at areas of
highest risk and can provide advice to industry on ways of preventing
ill - health and accidents.'
Other key changes introduced by the new regulations are :
- the list of reportable diseases has been updated to bring it more
into line with the prescribed list for industrial injury benefit
- the list of dangerous occurrences has been updated, simplified and
amended
- failures in railway signalling systems which endanger or have the
potential to endanger the safe passage of trains will become
reportable, as recommended by the Hidden inquiry into the Clapham
train crash - until now there has been informal reporting
- incidents of serious congestion in railway stations will become
reportable if the congestion cannot be relieved by planned
procedures and in the time anticipated, as recommended by the Fennel
inquiry into the King's Cross fire
- for the first time it will become legally possible for reports to be
made by telephone : a pilot scheme will be tested in Scotland next
year, and if successful this will be extended to the whole country.
Companies can obtain new report forms, and a free leaflet containing
more information. HSC/E will run a publicity campaign and produce a
detailed guide to the regulations. There will be separate guidance for
the railway industry.
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