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cord-259327-6hessuhh	Agius, Raymond	Disease and death from work: RIDDOR and covid-19	2020-09-14		.txt	text/plain	1517	72	49	A second technical summary by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reports 8666 covid-19 notifications (including 125 deaths) in Great Britain where occupational exposure was suspected as the cause during the pandemic up to 8 August 2020 [1] . These notifications arise out of the statutory duty of employers (usually acting on a medical diagnosis) to notify such cases to the HSE (or local authorities) as specified in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (2013) (RIDDOR). Out of the 8666 cases in the HSE technical summary, 6736 (78%) were workers in the industry sectors of health care, residential care and other social work activities including 102 (81%) of the deaths. The HSE guidance [3] allows doctors to highlight the significance of work-related factors when communicating a diagnosis of covid-19 such that these cases would also be reportable.	./cache/cord-259327-6hessuhh.txt	./txt/cord-259327-6hessuhh.txt