Accident at work - pay and liability

juliescot

As The Pedant (wish I had gone for than user name) points out an "accident book" is not required but a means of recording any accidents/incidents is.

The employer has a duty to investigate the accident and there should be recommendations and outcomes from this investigation.

There should also be a (possibly generic) risk assessment for the work being carried out, which is designed to highlight potential problems and show the control measures which have been put in place.

As others have already said this is worth taking further

Savvy_Sue

The_Pedant wrote: »

Last time I checked, they simply require a means of recording the incident. It just so happens that in most cases, companies find the standard 'accident books' you can get, do the job perfectly.

These days it's usually a pad rather than a book, because the details of the accident - name, address and what happened - have to be kept confidential.

So the pad of standard blank forms should be reasonably accessible, but the completed forms have to be filed away securely.

It is madness, and makes it difficult to see if there's a pattern or repetition of accidents.

sams247

well - update is that DD still has no word form her employers but has spoken to a solicitor, who is sending her an information pack.