Contractor Safety Check

Before you appoint a contractor, check their health and safety record. RIDDOR reports are not published anywhere, so the only way to see them is to ask. This page gives you a signed declaration to send your contractor, and quick links to HSE's public registers.

Why it matters. Under CDM 2015, whoever appoints a contractor "must take reasonable steps to satisfy themselves" that the contractor has the skills, knowledge, experience and organisational capability for the work (regulation 8(3)). A signed declaration, dated and kept on file, is part of showing you took those steps. It is not legal advice.

1. Check HSE's public registers

HSE publishes enforcement notices (kept for 5 years) and prosecutions of organisations (kept for 10 years). Notices appear about 5 weeks after they're served; convictions about 9 weeks after. Councils keep separate registers for the premises they inspect.

Contractor's company name Search enforcement notices Search prosecutions

The registers open in a new tab. Paste the company name into their search box: we copy it for you when you click.

2. Ask your contractor to complete a declaration

The questions follow the SSIP core criteria that accreditation schemes use: RIDDOR figures for the last 3 years, the last two accidents or incidents, and any enforcement or prosecutions in the last 5 years.

3. Keep track of your contractors

Paste one contractor per line as company name,date of their last declaration (YYYY-MM-DD; leave the date blank if you have none). We sort them so the ones to chase come first.

Contractors

Renew every (months)

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How often to renew is your decision: no law sets a period. CDM 2015 asks for "reasonable steps".

Not affiliated with HSE. Register data is public sector information published by the Health and Safety Executive and licensed under the Open Government Licence. The declaration is completed by the contractor; RIDDOR figures cannot be checked publicly.