RIDDOR. Report or not...

[Monkeymick]

Hey All

We have a staff member who has suffered an apparent manual handling injury at work, but continued to work for 2 days before going off sick.

They are now likely to be off for more than 7 days - allegedly due to the man handling incident.

Would this be reportable under the 7 day rule, even if the 7 days don't immediately follow the incident? Regulations seem to suggest so, but are just vague enough to introduce an element of doubt!

How would you approach this?

Cheers

MM

[Coldrop]

Wait until they are off 7 days then report, noting that they worked for 2 days immediately after the injury then went off work

[Juan Carlos]

agree with Coldrop

[Keith1983]

I agree, however I would be making sure the person in question was asked about the circumstances. I'm not saying there is anything fishy but the fact that there has been a delay between the incident and the absence would raise concerns.

[Monkeymick]

Thank you very much! I appreciate your input!

I shall report as soon as the 7 day marker is hit, with all relevant info re: existing back injury, and continuing to work before going sick...

Cheers

MM

[nige b]

when did they report the injury ? the day its supposed to have happened of when they went off sick also were the 2 days a sat and sun ? that could be when they did it and not at work
defffinatelt need to investigate .
but you could report it but provide the info as coldrop says