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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.</p><p> </p><p>In relation
to the current pandemic, where an individual has contracted COVID - 19 as a direct
result of their work, those instances are reportable under RIDDOR either as a disease
attributed to an occupational exposure to a biological agent (under Regulation 9 (b))
or as a death as a result of occupational exposure to a biological agent under Regulation
6 (2).</p><p> </p><p>The table below outlines the number of Covid-19 disease cases
reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) between 10 April and 25<sup>th</sup>
July using standard industrial classification coding to identify the number of cases
reported for (1) retail and supermarkets (2) manufacturing (3) food production, and
(4) public transport in (a) England (b) Wales and (c) Scotland. This data is “as reported”
by employers.</p><p> </p><p>HSE does not hold data in respect of Northern Ireland
as this is reported directly to the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI)
and is collated by them.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Worker COVID-19 Disease reports
made by employers to HSE and local authorities by disease severity, specific industry
sector<sup>1</sup>, and country, 10<sup>th</sup> April – 25<sup>th</sup> July 2020</strong></p><p>(Source:
RIDDOR disease reporting)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Specific
industry sector (as reported by employer)<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SIC<sup>2</sup>
code</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> <strong>Total COVID-19 notifications</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Retail
trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles</p></td><td><p>Division 47</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>Section C</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Manufacture of food products<strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>Division
10</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other passenger land
transport</p></td><td><p>Group 49.3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Retail
trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles</p></td><td><p>Division 47</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>Section C</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Manufacture of food products<strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>Division
10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other passenger land
transport</p></td><td><p>Group 49.3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Retail
trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles</p></td><td><p>Division 47</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Manufacturing</p></td><td><p>Section C</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Manufacture of food products<strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>Division
10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other passenger land
transport</p></td><td><p>Group 49.3</p></td><td><p>0</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><p><em><sup>3</sup></em><em>Manufacturing
of food products is a division within the overall Manufacturing section.</em></p>
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