RIDDOR

Record and report an accident, incident or near miss

How to report a disease

If a doctor tells you in writing that you or one of your employees is suffering from a reportable work-related disease, you must send a completed disease report form F2508A to the relevant enforcing authority without delay.

You can complete form F2508A at the Incident Contact Centre on the HSE website, or you can buy a pad of forms from HSE books and send the report in by post.

Reportable diseases include:

• certain poisonings
• some skin diseases such as occupational dermatitis, skin cancer, chrome ulcer, oil foliculitis
• lung diseases including, occupational asthma, farmer's lung, pneumoconiosis
• infections such as leptospirosis, hepatitis, tuberculosis, anthrax, legionnellosis, and tetanus
• other conditions such as occupational cancer, certain musculoskeletal disorders, decompression illness, and hand-arm vibration syndrome