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What the checks found
The checks look for gaps in the record. They cannot tell whether an incident was reported honestly, or whether the RIDDOR decision is right.
What it covers
This is for Great Britain, where RIDDOR 2013 applies. Northern Ireland has its own regulations. The RIDDOR check is a prompt to make a decision and to record who made it. It is not the decision. A competent person decides whether something is reportable, using the HSE guidance, and you report through the HSE online form.
What the RIDDOR check does
- Asks only the questions that apply to the kind of event and person (worker or not a worker).
- If any question is blank or "unsure", the answer is Undecided. It never defaults to "not reportable".
- Death, specified injury to a worker, non-worker taken from the scene to hospital for treatment, dangerous occurrence: notify without delay, and the report must be received within 10 days of the incident.
- Worker unable to do their normal work for more than 7 consecutive days: report within 15 days of the incident. The day of the accident is not counted, and weekends and rest days are.
- More than 3 consecutive days: keep a record. No report is needed.
- Reportable occupational disease: report as soon as you have a doctor's written diagnosis.
- A worker still off when the log is saved is flagged to check again, because the count may reach the over-7-day threshold later.
The rules the log applies
- A reportable event with no HSE report reference is a gap. If the deadline has passed it says so.
- An incident marked Closed needs: a settled RIDDOR decision, a report if one was due, an investigation if it was serious or reportable, every action done and checked by someone other than its owner, and a closer who is not the reporter.
- An event with a potential severity of 4 or 5, or an actual severity of 4 or 5, needs a completed investigation. Use the Causal Tree Builder for those.
- Wording that sounds like a judgement of a person ("careless", "failed to") is flagged.
- Wording that may contain health detail is flagged, so it can be moved out of the log.
Reading the dashboard
The figures only count what was logged. A fall in near misses can mean people have stopped reporting, not that the workplace is safer, so look at the near-miss to injury ratio over time and ask people. A rising number of near misses is usually a healthier sign than a fall.
Related tools
Start a deeper investigation in the Causal Tree Builder. Follow actions in the Corrective Action Tracker. Use the risk register to review the hazard.
Limits
No gaps found does not mean the workplace or the record is right. Check your own legal duties. This is decision support only, not legal or health and safety advice.