Give Us Back Our Accident Books
Tubeworker has reported previously on LUL's removal of Accident Books from workplaces - which, disappointingly, it seems that the unions did nothing to prevent.
LUL claims that the EIRF system covers the legal requirement to have an Accident Book, and has persuaded the spineless HMRI to rubber-stamp this. The big problem here is that, while every member of staff could pick up a pen and fill in an Accident Book should they be hurt, only certain staff have access to EIRFs. eg. Station Supervisors do, but CSAs don't. And drivers don't. And apparently, even union health & safety reps don't!
ASLEF has advised its members that if they have an accident at work, they should demand that a manager fills in an EIRF, and that they should watch them do it and not work until they are satisfied that it is done. This is good advice, which workers in all grades would be well-advised to follow.
Oh, and by the way ... when you fill in an EIRF and enter a staff injury, the online form asks you whether you have made an entry in the Accident Book. Well no, cos your managers took them all away!
There's only one solution here - bring back our Accident Books!
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ACCIDENT BOOK
THEY STILL HAVE ACCIDENT BOOKS. I ORDERED ONE RECENTLY AND HEY PRESTO ONE WAS DELIVERED.
Rick Grogan
Accident Books
Issinoho
Before each inspection, 6 weeks before the reps give the management notice to inspect all legal documentation assertaining to the workplace, ie: The Accident Book. It is a legal document. Do this everytime and surely accident books will have to go back to the workplace.
It is covered in The Brown Book:
17.28.05 - Regulation 7 states: Having given reasonable notice to the employer, safety representatives are entitled to inspect and take copies of any statutory documents (except any health record of an identified person).
Hmmmm
Sounds like a good idea. If any safety rep would like to try this and let us know how you get on, please do ...