Sometimes, reporting near-misses, dangerous occurrences and experiences that can usefully teach what pit-falls to avoid, can be neglected or reported such that useful lessons may be lost.
This, simple to use form helps discipline the author to record all relevant aspects from which safe methods of working can be improved, made more efficient and help avoid the consequences of unacceptable risk.
RIDDOR is in the throw of revision and the link below will help understand the nature of incidents that must be reported to the HSE. There are many types of occurrence that will fall outside the scope of formal reporting but all employers are advised to make and keep record of information on incidents, as a means to improving methods of working and reducing potential accident and liability.
Learning from experience, from error and auditing the inevitable mistakes we all make, can happen only where those experiences and errors are recorded and lessons of improvement sought.
That is the purpose of this form!