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<p>The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013
(RIDDOR) provides the national reporting framework for responsible persons (usually
employers in relation to employees) to report certain cases of injury, disease and
dangerous occurrences to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p> </p><p>Where
an individual has contracted COVID-19 as a direct result of their work, those instances
are reportable under RIDDOR under Regulation 9 (b) either as a disease attributed
to an occupational exposure to a biological agent or under Regulation 6 (2).as a death
as a result of occupational exposure to a biological agent.</p><p> </p><p>The table
below outlines the number of COVID-19 disease cases reported to HSE between 10 April
2020 and 30 May 2020 using standard industrial classification coding to identify the
number of cases reported for (1) hospitals (2) General Practitioner practices (3)
pharmacies and (4) prisons. This data is ‘as reported’ by employers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>Specific industry sector (as reported by employer)<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p><strong>SIC<sup>2</sup> code</strong></p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total
Covid-19 notifications</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Of which:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fatal
notification</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-fatal notification</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hospital
activities</p></td><td><p>8610</p></td><td><p>1,526</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>1498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General
medical practices</p></td><td><p>8621</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dispensing
chemists</p></td><td><p>4773</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Justice,
judicial activities</p></td><td><p>8423</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand
Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1,581</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>31</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,550</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Footnotes</em></p><p><em><sup>1</sup></em><em>Industry as reported by employers.</em></p><p><em><sup>2</sup></em><em>Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC): The current system used in UK official statistics
for classifying businesses by type of activity they are engaged in.</em></p>
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