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What period and facts govern riddor over-seven-day injury report in England and Wales?

Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later.

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Period
Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day
Trigger
The actual work-related accident, together with the subsequent consecutive incapacity history
Rule
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

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Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4. Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later. The riddor over-seven-day injury report source guide provides no computed date or paid calculation.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

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What period and facts govern riddor over-seven-day injury report in England and Wales?

Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later.

Responsible actor. The responsible person for a person at work incapacitated for routine work.

The actual work-related accident, together with the subsequent consecutive incapacity history

The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later.

The responsible person for a person at work incapacitated for routine work. Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

How does this provision count time?

  1. Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day
  2. Send the approved report to the relevant enforcing authority.
  3. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later.

Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. Preserve the instrument’s actual incident, notification, knowledge, performance or retention wording. A separate court timetable does not replace this statutory obligation.

For riddor over-seven-day injury report, a weekend or closed office does not itself extend the statutory duty or replace its actual trigger. Establish the relevant authority, completion method and any expressly permitted alternative.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4. Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later. The riddor over-seven-day injury report source guide provides no computed date or paid calculation.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

The responsible person for a person at work incapacitated for routine work has records of the actual work-related accident, together with the subsequent consecutive incapacity history. Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. Send the approved report to the relevant enforcing authority. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later. Establish the complete riddor over-seven-day injury report branch before choosing an endpoint.

The proposed riddor over-seven-day injury report completion encounters a weekend, disputed event or unavailable office. Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. Preserve the instrument’s actual incident, notification, knowledge, performance or retention wording. A separate court timetable does not replace this statutory obligation. For riddor over-seven-day injury report, a weekend or closed office does not itself extend the statutory duty or replace its actual trigger. Establish the relevant authority, completion method and any expressly permitted alternative. Establish effective riddor over-seven-day injury report completion under the actual source. No assumed extension or substitute date is computed.

The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later. The actual work-related accident, together with the subsequent consecutive incapacity history. Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. Send the approved report to the relevant enforcing authority. Preserve this riddor over-seven-day injury report qualification instead of treating an incomplete input as a final date.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Actor and completed riddor over-seven-day injury report step
The responsible person for a person at work incapacitated for routine work. Send the approved report to the relevant enforcing authority.
Controlling riddor over-seven-day injury report event and qualification
The actual work-related accident, together with the subsequent consecutive incapacity history. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later.
Counting and completion of riddor over-seven-day injury report
Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. Preserve the instrument’s actual incident, notification, knowledge, performance or retention wording. A separate court timetable does not replace this statutory obligation. For riddor over-seven-day injury report, a weekend or closed office does not itself extend the statutory duty or replace its actual trigger. Establish the relevant authority, completion method and any expressly permitted alternative.
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4
  • The responsible person for a person at work incapacitated for routine work. Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later.
  • RIDDOR over-seven-day injury report concerns send the approved report to the relevant enforcing authority. The the actual work-related accident, together with the subsequent consecutive incapacity history is specific to this procedure and cannot be replaced by another safety deadline’s event.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

What period and facts govern riddor over-seven-day injury report in England and Wales?

What period governs riddor over-seven-day injury report?

Report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days of the accident once incapacity exceeds seven consecutive days excluding accident day. The incapacity threshold and reporting longstop are separate. Nonworking days count within consecutive incapacity, and the report does not start seven days later.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

Which event controls riddor over-seven-day injury report?

The actual work-related accident, together with the subsequent consecutive incapacity history. Preserve the actual event evidence before choosing a procedural route.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

What completes riddor over-seven-day injury report?

Send the approved report to the relevant enforcing authority. The responsible person for a person at work incapacitated for routine work must establish completion of that specific duty or application.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

Do weekends count toward over-seven-day incapacity?

Regulation 2 says consecutive days include days that are not or would not have been working days. Exclude the accident day under regulation 4(2).

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 2

Does the reporting period start when incapacity passes seven days?

No. Regulation 4(2) measures the fifteen-day longstop from the accident. Establish the threshold without moving that original anchor.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

Does fifteen days remove the earlier reporting duty?

No. The responsible person must report as soon as practicable and in any event within fifteen days. The latest period is not permission to wait.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4

Official sources and review

Provisions used (2)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 4Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 regulation 2Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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