The Council's Health & Housing (Commercial Team) officers regularly inspect shops and offices to make sure they provide a safe and healthy environment for employees and the general public. These officers also investigate workplace accidents.

Contact Health & Housing (Commercial Team)

View information about regulated safety signs

Download the Health and Safety Executive leaflet "Five Steps to Risk Assessment".

RIDDOR

RIDDOR stands for the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.

If an employee is off work due to a work related illness then you must check if it needs to be reported under RIDDOR.

If a member of the public has an accident in your workplace and is taken to hospital then you must also report this under RIDDOR.

The Incident Contact Centre will still take reports of all fatal and major injuries and incidents by telephone, but businesses reporting all other incidents under RIDDOR will be required to submit an online form, available on the HSE website www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/  They will no longer be able to report incidents by email, post or fax.