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An injury due to which an employee takes leave for more than three consecutive days must be reported.

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Every employer has a duty to protect his employees and inform them about health and safety issues that may affect them. He also has a legal obligation to pay his employees statutory sick pay, or contractual sick pay if they are entitled to the same. Apart from this, every employer needs to report serious work-related accidents, diseases and dangerous incidents to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of the Incident Contact Centre. He must report all deaths, major injuries (for example, a broken arm or broken ribs) and an injury/disease which hinders an employee’s normal functioning at his job for more than three days.

Every employer has to carry out a risk assessment in order to address health and safety issues of his employees and visitors. He should make sure that sufficient first aid equipment is made available. Employees themselves must also take reasonable care over their own health and safety.

Any injury even if it is minor should be recorded in employer’s 'accident book'. All employers, except those owning very small companies, must keep an accident book. It's mainly for the benefit of employees, as it provides a useful record of happenings and events occurring in an organization.  It is also beneficial in cases where an employee needs to take some time off the work and subsequently wishes to claim compensation. Moreover, it helps the employer in taking action to stop accidents in future.

In case an employee needs some time off because of an accident at work, he will have the right to apply for statutory sick pay only. However, an employer may have a scheme for paying more for leave due to accident, or may even decide to pay extra at his discretion.

In case an employee gets injured at work place and wants to make a claim for compensation, the claim must be made within three years of the date of the accident. For that, he may need the services of a lawyer. In case, the employee is a member of a trade union, he may also take the help of its legal services.