RIDDOR – reporting coronavirus (COVID-19)

Details of when and how you should report coronavirus incidents under RIDDOR (the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) are detailed below:

You must only make a report under RIDDOR, relating to coronavirus, when:

• an unintended incident at work has led to someone’s possible or actual exposure to coronavirus. This must be reported as a dangerous occurrence

• a worker has been diagnosed as having COVID-19 and there is reasonable evidence that it was caused by exposure at work. This must be reported as a case of disease

• a worker dies as a result of occupational exposure to coronavirus.

Visit the HSE website for further details on the above, along with examples.