Accidents at work

The Council has a statutory duty to investigate accidents in accordance with RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995).

If you are an employer, self-employed or in control of work premises you will have duties under RIDDOR. It is a requirement of RIDDOR to report some work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences. It applies to all work activities. You must report the following:

• A death or major injury
• An over-three-day injury
• A work-related disease
• A dangerous occurrence.

Reporting an accident at work

The process for the notification of accidents is to report all cases to the Health and Safety Executive's Incident Contact Centre. This can be achieved by a number of ways:

Web site: http://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor *

E-mail:  riddor@natbrit.com *

Telephone: 0845 3009923

Fax: 0845 3009924

Post: Incident Contact Centre, Caerphilly Business Park, Caerphilly, CF83 3GG

* Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations

The Incident Contact Centre will forward details of incidents in this area to Shepway District Council if your business involves retail or wholesale, hotel and catering, sports and leisure, residential accommodation (excluding nursing homes), places of worship, pre-school childcare and mobile vending.

If you are an employer or employee and require further information concerning an accident or a matter of safety in your workplace you can contact us by post, phone or email (see our contact details) or you can report an accident or a safety concern online.

Contact Details:

Environmental Health,
Shepway District Council
Civic Centre
Castle Hill Avenue
Folkestone, CT20 2QY

01303 853549

01303 853294

 Environmental Health General Enquiries