1. Overview

This guide explains the arrangements for making a report under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).

It includes:

  • who should report and who should not report under RIDDOR
  • when an incident is not reportable and how to raise a concern with HSE
  • how to make a report – with links to relevant online RIDDOR forms[5]
  • answers to frequently asked questions about submitting online forms
  • how to amend notifications, for example when a notified injury has ended in a fatality

You can also find a basic summary of the reporting requirements in RIDDOR explained[6]. This explains:

  • what RIDDOR is
  • reportable injuries
  • what a reportable accident is
  • what a reportable incident means
  • what ‘work-related accident’ means

Link URLs in this page

  1. Who should report under RIDDORhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/reporting/who-should-report.htm
  2. How to make a RIDDOR reporthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/reporting/how-to-make-riddor-report.htm
  3. Submitting your form online – frequently asked questions https://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/reporting/faqs.htm
  4. Amending RIDDOR notificationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/reporting/amending-reports.htm
  5. online RIDDOR formshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/reporting/how-to-make-riddor-report.htm#forms
  6. RIDDOR explainedhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/key-definitions.htm
  7. Next page Who should report under RIDDOR https://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/reporting/who-should-report.htm
  8. View a printable version of the whole guidehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/reporting/print.htm
  9. Reportable incidentshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/Riddor/reportable-incidents.htm
  10. Accident bookhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/accident-book.htm
  11. Reporting accidents and incidents at workhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg453.htm

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Updated 2025-03-06