10 questions, graded as you go, with the reason for every answer. No sign-up.
What this covers
RIDDOR
Accident reporting
Near misses
First aid
Welfare
Occupational health
Manual handling
Mental health
Sample questions
A worker injured on site is unable to do their normal work for more than seven consecutive days. Within how many days of the accident must the report be made under RIDDOR?
7 days
10 days
15 days
28 days
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C. 15 days
Over-seven-day injuries must be reported within 15 days of the accident. Ten days is the limit for the written report of a death, specified injury or dangerous occurrence, so the two figures are easily mixed up.
Reference: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, regulation 4 and Schedule 1
A scaffolder falls and fractures his thigh bone. How must this be dealt with under RIDDOR?
Send a report within 15 days if he is off for over 7 days
Notify without delay and send a report within 10 days
Record it in the accident book; no report is required
Report it only if the fall was from more than 2 metres
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B. Notify without delay and send a report within 10 days
A fracture other than to fingers, thumbs and toes is a specified injury, which must be notified by the quickest practicable means without delay and followed by a report within 10 days. The 15-day route applies to over-seven-day injuries that are not specified injuries.
Reference: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, regulation 4 and Schedule 1
Who is normally responsible for making a RIDDOR report when an employee is injured at work?
The injured person's employer
The injured person themselves
The first aider who treated them
The hospital that treated them
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A. The injured person's employer
The 'responsible person' for an injured employee is their employer, who must make the report. The injured person and first aider give the details, but neither carries the legal duty to report.
Reference: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013, regulation 3
