RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED SO FAR...

CSG has been involved in several projects since its inception. Our main achievements to date are listed below: 

• Quarterly members meetings with guest speakers

• Specialist sector recognition by IOSH and RoSPA

• Two successful annual conferences

• Developed a sponsorship scheme for accredited courses with NEBOSH.  Requirements for the NEBOSH course can be found here. Application for the NEBOSH course can be found here.

The latest...

RIDDOR REPORTING

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A CSG member reported to us at the meeting mentioned above that a volunteer had been involved in a motor bike traffic accident whilst delivering blood for emergency treatment. The volunteer rider ended up with 9 broken ribs and a light nick to a kidney. He spent about a week in Hospital and is recovering now. His question we forwarded to the HSE was, ‘Ordinarily, this would be reported under RIDDOR. As that's not the case with entirely voluntary organisations. This accident has escaped the attention of HSE does the HSE want voluntary organisations to report such items on a voluntary basis?

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Below is the response from the HSE:

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1. Injuries on the public highway are dealt with under the Road Traffic Act (RTA) and as such are not reportable under RIDDOR, save for certain circumstances regarding construction works on a highway (not relevant here).

2. Also, organisations without employees are not covered by RIDDOR as the duty to report only extends to ‘employers’. If YFW have no employees at all then they would have no requirement to report. A charity or other organisation with at least one employee would still be required to report relevant incidents.

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Lastly for clarity, incidents involving volunteers are reportable only if they result in the injured person being taken direct to hospital for treatment. In other words, they should report incidents to volunteers in the same way that they would report incidents to members of the public (as per Regulation 5 of RIDDOR re: Non-fatal accidents to non-workers). NB: ‘Treatment’ does not include examinations ordiagnostic tests and there is no need to report incidents where persons are taken to hospital as a precaution only but receive no treatment for their injuries.

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CSG Response & Comment

The CSG continues to press for and encourage all professional bodies including the HSE for a RIDDOR change that would include unpaid workers and volunteers as well as all traffic accidents where people at work are involved, as victims, passengers, drivers or owners of vehicles