Notification and Investigation of Accidents and Industrial Diseases
Sections 80 to 85 specified reauirements for the statutory reporting of deaths, injuries and diseases that took place at work. As of 2008, these sections have all been repealed and superseded, especially by the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995.
Read more about this topic: Factories Act 1961
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