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.