Unfortunately things do, occasionally, go wrong at work and it is important to deal with the events following an incident in the specified manner.

You must record the details of incidents in your accident book. A new version of the accident book has recently been introduced to ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Businesses must change their accident book to comply with the Act by 31 December 2003. The new publication, the HSE Accident Book (BI510) is available from HSE Books (see http://www.hsebooks.co.uk/pubf.html?4313 ).