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Accident Reporting
The law requires certain work-related injuries, diseases and dangerous occurences to be reported to the enforcing authority for health and safety. These can be reported to the National Incident Centre in the following ways:
- By phone - 0845 300 9923 (8.30am - 5.00pm)
- Online - Report an accident at work
- By email - riddor@natbrit.com
- By post - Incident Contact Centre, Caerphilly Business Park, Caerphilly, F83 3GG
What needs to be reported?
The follwoing must be reported without delay (usually by telephone) and followed up with a completed F2508 form within 10 days:
- Death or major injuries to an employee or a self-employed person working on your premises.
- Death or hospitalisation of a member of the public.
The following must be reported with a completed F2508/F2508A form within 10 days:
- Over three day injury to an employee or a self-employed person working on your premises.
- Disease suffered by an employee that is related to work activities.
- Dangerous occurrence that does not result in a reportable injury but which clearly could have done.
This page was last reviewed on 1 October 2009
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