HSE has set out new guidance where incidents of coronavirus may be reportable under RIDDOR

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has set out new guidance where incidents of coronavirus may be reportable.

They are:

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

If there is reasonable evidence that someone diagnosed with COVID-19 was likely exposed because of their work, you must report this as an exposure to a biological agent using the case of disease report. An example of work-related exposure to coronavirus would be a health care professional who is diagnosed with COVID-19 after treating patients with COVID-19.