Recording and reporting accidents

Several types of work-related incidents must be notified in writing to the relevant enforcing authority, either the HSE or the local authority (see Chapter 3 on how to identify the correct enforcing authority for each sector).

Telephone reporting is only possible for accidents involving death and specified or major injury (tel: 0345 300 9923). All other reporting must be done online (not by fax or email). There are seven different online reporting forms for reporting the different kinds of incident under RIDDOR.

Information on how to report can be found on the RIDDOR page of the HSE website.