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Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register (OSHCR)
open to the public
08 | 02 | 12
The Occupational Safety and Health
Consultants Register (OSHCR), a register of consultants who can
offer general advice to UK businesses to help them manage health
and safety risks, has been opened to the public. Businesses will be
able to search the database free of charge to locate consultants by
county, industry or topic. Go to the OSHCR website: http://www.oshcr.org/
Health and safety
27 | 01 | 12
Reporting of Injuries,
Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) change
in effect on 6th April 2012
Many employers will be familiar
with their obligation under RIDDOR to make a report when an
accident at work causes an employee to be absent or unable to work
for more than three days.
From 6 April 2012, the requirement
changes to an obligation to report after seven days absence or
inability to work. Where a report is necessary, it must be
made within 15 days of the accident.
The requirement to keep a record of
all injuries giving rise to three day's off work remains but
an accident book record will be sufficient to meet that
obligation.