Record and report an accident or incident

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. See the page in this guide on who to make the report to.

Reportable diseases include:

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

Businesses can report a case of disease by completing form F2508A at the Incident Contact Centre website, or you can buy a pad of forms from HSE books and send the report in by post.

Subjects covered in this guide

• Introduction
• What needs to be reported?
• Who needs to make the report?
• Who to make the report to
• How to report a death or major injury
• How to report an over three-day injury
• How to report a disease
• Keeping records of accidents
• How to report a dangerous occurrence

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