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Subject to Parliamentary approval, from 6 April only injuries that lead to a worker being off work for seven consecutive days, or unable to do work they would normally expected to do over this period, will need to be reported. Currently there is an over-three-day reporting requirement.

The deadline by which the overseven- day injury must be reported will increase to 15 days from the day of the accident.

Employers and others with responsibilities under RIDDOR must still keep a record of all over three day injuries – if the employer has to keep an accident book, then this record will be enough. There are no other changes to the reporting requirements for deaths, major injuries, occupational diseases and dangerous occurrences.

New guidance that explains the changes is available at www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/reportingchange. htm