Reporting of Accidents – Guidance

Reporting of Accidents – Guidance

The new regulations on Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Reporting of Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences at Work) came in to effect on 1 November 2016.

The Health and Safety Authority has recently published guidance on these new regulations:

This publication explains why accident and dangerous occurrence reporting is required, what is reportable, what is not reportable, who should make the report and how the report should be made.