Annex 1
LIST OF ARMED SERVICES FATAL ACCIDENTS KNOWN
TO HSE AND SUBSEQUENT HSE ACTION (SINCE 1997)
NOTES
(a) As was discussed at the hearing, HSE
does not have knowledge of all work-related fatal accidents in
MoD. Accident reporting requirements do not apply in relation
to service personnel on duty. Service personnel are, of course,
still protected by the general range of health and safety legislation,
apart from some specific disapplications and exemptions.
(b) However, MoD has undertaken to inform
HSE of serious work-related accidents involving service personnel.
Most of such reports concern army training activities.
(c) HSE would not normally be informed about
road traffic accidents on the public highway, deaths overseas,
deaths at aircraft crashes, etc. where HSE has a limited or no
investigatory role. Also, HSE would not normally be notified or
involved in investigation of natural deaths or non-work related
criminal violence or suicides, which would fall to the police.
(d) Column 5 shows those deaths where formal
Crown Enforcement Action (Notice or Censure) was taken after the
HSE investigation.
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