Accidents, Incidents & Diseases

To allow monitoring of the causes of these, certain accidents, incidents and diseases have to be reported to the Environmental Health Department. These are:

Death or Major Injury – if an employee or a self employed person working on your premises is killed or suffers a major injury or a member of the public is killed or taken to hospital you must notify the local authority without delay (by telephone) within ten days you must follow this up with a completed Accident Report Form (NI 2508) (.pdf 14Kb).

Major Injuries are:

• Fracture (not to fingers, thumbs or toes).
• Amputation.
• Dislocation of the shoulder, hip, knee or spine.
• Loss of sight (temporary or permanent).
• Chemical or hot metal burn to eye or penetrating injury to eye.
• Electric shock or electrical burn leading to unconsciousness or hospitalization for more than 24 hours.
• Unconsciousness caused by asphyxia or exposure to harmful substance or biological agent.
• Acute illness requiring medical treatment, or loss of consciousness arising from absorption of any substance by inhalation, ingestion or through the skin.
• Acute illness requiring medical treatment where there is reason to believe that this resulted from exposure to a biological agent or its toxins or infected material.
• Any other injury leading to hypothermia, heat induced illness or to unconsciousness, or requiring resuscitation, or requiring admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours.

The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) list 21 dangerous occurrences and 27 diseases that must be reported. Click to download a free RIDDOR guidance leaflet (.pdf 164Kb) produced by the HSE explaining these regulations or download from the hseni website in the information and guidance section. We can also send a hard copy of the booklet to you by post or it can be collected from the Council Offices at Mossley Mill.