We strive to have suitable and sufficient systems and controls in place to minimise the risk of incidents occurring. Where incidents unfortunately do occur, we report certain work related accidents, diseases and dangerous occurrences to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR).

For more information see the Health & Safety Executive website.

We recognise the importance of learning from any mistakes to prevent similar or more serious incidents from happening in the future. We do this by investigating all incidents as far as is reasonably practicable and by collecting and analysing incident information.

Reporting incidents

All incidents are reported using our incident report form to the health and safety team, who are notified immediately if the following work-related incident occurs:

• Death
• Member of the public (e.g. pupil, care home resident) taken directly to hospital from the scene
• 3 or more days off sick
• Major injury
• Dangerous occurrence

Investigation

All incidents are investigated (in accordance with seriousness / potential seriousness).

Reporting

The health and safety teams report all reportable incidents to the HSE in accordance with RIDDOR.

Keeping records

A copy of the incident report form is retained on site for a minimum of three years. The health and safety teams retain duplicate copies of incident report forms and related investigations.

Monitoring

Incident data is analysed by the health and safety teams and a quarterly report produced for HSSG.