{"id":400,"date":"2012-04-06T11:38:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T10:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.protrainings.eu\/?p=400"},"modified":"2012-04-06T11:38:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-06T10:38:20","slug":"riddors-over-three-day-injury-reporting-requirement-has-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/riddors-over-three-day-injury-reporting-requirement-has-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"RIDDOR\u2019s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of\u00a0<strong>6 April 2012,\u00a0<\/strong>RIDDOR\u2019s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed. The trigger point has increased from over three days\u2019 to over seven days\u2019 incapacitation (not counting the day on which the accident happened).<\/p>\n<p>Incapacitation means that the worker is absent or is unable to do work that they would reasonably be expected to do as part of their normal work.<\/p>\n<p>Employers and others with responsibilities under RIDDOR must still keep a record of all over-three day-injuries \u2013 if the employer has to keep an accident book, then this record will be enough.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline by which the over-seven-day injury must be reported\u00a0has\u00a0also increased to fifteen days from the day of the accident. \u00a0New leaflet available at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/pubns\/indg453.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/pubns\/indg453.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of\u00a06 April 2012,\u00a0RIDDOR\u2019s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed. The trigger point has increased from over three days\u2019 to over seven days\u2019 incapacitation (not counting the day on which the accident happened). Incapacitation means that the worker is absent or is unable to do work that they would reasonably be expected to do as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,131,12,13,128,17,133,14,9],"tags":[32,19,238],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-courses","category-fire-safety-2","category-first-aid","category-first-aid-at-work","category-food-hygiene","category-heath-and-safety","category-infection-control","category-online-learning","category-protrainings-eu","tag-hse","tag-riddor","tag-rules"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RIDDOR\u2019s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed - Online Health &amp; Safety Training Courses | ProTrainings Europe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First Aid News and Updates\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/riddors-over-three-day-injury-reporting-requirement-has-changed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RIDDOR\u2019s over-three-day injury reporting requirement has changed - Online Health &amp; 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