Accidents and Incidents
Reporting Incidents and Accidents

• To ensure action is taken to prevent the accident happening again the next time an accident happens it might be much more serious;
• To help monitor and improve health and safety performance;
• Because it's the law - the BBC is required by law to keep records about accidents and to report certain types of accidents/dangerous occurrences and ill-health to the appropriate enforcing authority
• To enable the BBC to respond quickly and accurately to external enquiries. 

What needs to be reported?

• Accidents which resulted in someone being hurt.
• Accidents which didn't result in injury but which caused damage. 
• Any other incident which could easily have resulted in injury or damage. 
• Any time you think someone has become ill as a result of work.

• Accidents involving members of  BBC Staff can be reported by any person including the injured party, witnesses or those in charge of the activity.
• Accidents involving members of the public should be reported by the BBC manager who has most knowledge of the circumstances; for members of an audience this is normally the producer of the show or the department managing the audience.
• Freelancers, agency staff, consultants and people in similar positions should report incidents to their BBC manager as if they were an employee.
• Employees of third parties must report any incident to their employer.

• Report the accident on myRisks Tools
• Tell the manager in charge of the activity or the line manager of the injured person who should then review and revise the incident report and conduct an investigation.  The investigation should be recorded using myRisks Tools.
• Serious accidents and incidents must be reported to BBC Safety by phone or email as soon as possible. People in BBC Safety will always help you decide what to do next. Serious accidents include those resulting in broken bones, days away from work, any hospital treatment, and incidents involving the emergency services.
• Road traffic accidents which involve vehicles being used by the BBC must also be reported and investigated. As well as completing an accident report you should visit the BBC Insurance page.  They will complete an insurance report form for you and send it to you for verification.
• Reports of ill-health as a result of working for the BBC should be made to your manager. Where managers suspect that a member of staff has been made ill through work then they should ask for an ill-health referral from the Occupational Health provider.