Over-seven-day injury
A work-related injury that results in the injured employee being incapacitated for more than seven consecutive days (not counting the day of accident) and must be reported to the relevant authority in GB under RIDDOR 2013.
By jurisdiction
UK HSE
“over-seven-day injury”Exact equivalentRegulation 6 of RIDDOR 2013 requires the responsible person to notify HSE of any over-seven-day incapacitation injury to a worker within 15 days of the accident. Incapacitation means the worker is absent from, or unable to do their usual work, for more than seven consecutive days (not counting the day of the accident).
Irish HSA
“over-seven-day injury”No equivalentNo equivalent in this jurisdiction.
US OSHA
“over-seven-day injury”No equivalentNo equivalent in this jurisdiction.
Note: GB RIDDOR reporting category. Irish IR1 uses a three-day threshold; OSHA uses days away from work as part of the recordable case criteria.
Practitioner note: Seven consecutive days, excluding the day of the accident but including non-working days. Weekends and rest days count toward the total.
Same term, different meaning across frameworks
Nearest equivalent in other frameworks
- →ir1-notification (Ireland uses 3 days, not 7)