FOI request (FOI218530)

RIDDOR data

Requested Fri 07 July 2017
Responded  Fri 07 July 2017

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request access to data held by Hastings Borough Council on injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences that occurred in commercial entities in the UK.

Currently, we're working on a statistical analysis report on employee and public liability of businesses in the UK. Our aim is to understand the likelihood of accidents and injuries happening in commercial entities and the possible measures that can be taken to minimise those risks. The report will only include anonymised data that do not reveal individual or business identity.

Based on the information published on the HSE website, we are aware that your authority collect all of the requested information via the following RIDDOR forms from 1995 to present :

·         Report of an injury

·         Report of a dangerous occurrence

·         Report of a case of disease

We would like to request the following information for those:

Report of an injury form

• Form ID number

• Organisation name

• Organisation Address

• Incident location  

• Dates

• Incident time

• Under which local authority

• In which department did the incident happened?

• What types of work was being carried out?

• Kind of accident

• Work process involved

• Main factor involved

• Description of what happened

• Severity of the injury

Report of dangerous occurrence

• Form ID number

• Organisation name

• Organisation Address

• Incident location  

• Dates

• Incident time

• Under which local authority

• Type of dangerous occurrence

• Summary description of event

Report of a case of disease

• Form ID number

• Organisation name

• Organisation Address

• Incident location  

• Dates

• Incident time

• Under which local authority

• Disease category diagnosed

• Specified diagnosed disease

• Detail of the work activity that led to the disease

• Summary description of event

We believe that this data would allow us to gain a better understanding of the regulatory in terms of workplace safety and public safety in businesses, and thereby produce insights that enables better decision-making process in both private and public sectors.

If it is difficult to manipulate the data such that it fits with our requirements as stated above, we would be happy to receive it in the format in which you store the data. The above list of fields are the minimum we would like, but do provide additional fields if that is easier.  If the data you store does not extend to 1995, please provide the data for the years that are available. We would also like to receive the data as an Excel/CSV file.

Response

This information request would be the responsibility of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who are both the Competent Authority and National Lead Regulator for Health & Safety. The request should be sent to the following email address: 'concerns@hse.gsi.gov.uk'