Disease and death from work: RIDDOR and covid-19
2020
Early View
September
1-3
epidemic disease ; occupational disease ; mortality ; notification of occupational diseases
Occupational safety and health
https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqaa155
English
Bibliogr.
"A second technical summary by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports 8666 covid-19 notifications (including 125 deaths) in Great Britain where occupational exposure was suspected as the cause during the pandemic up to 8 August 2020 [1]. These notifications arise out of the statutory duty of employers (usually acting on a medical diagnosis) to notify such cases to the HSE (or local authorities) as specified in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (2013) (RIDDOR). ..."
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