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accident reporting, accident investigation, legal requirement, moral and ethical reasons, prevent recurrence, near miss, evidence collection, witness statements, root causes, corrective actions

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  1. Company Name Accident Reporting and Investigation. Presented by H&S Officer name

  2. Company Name • Why Investigate Accident / Incidents ?? • Because – Legal requirement • Because – Moral and Ethical reasons • Because – We don’t want it to happen again • And – So we can Stop it happening again

  3. Company Name • Definition of an Accident An unplanned event that may or may not cause personal injury / death or damage to the environment, property, plant or machinery. • Also applies to the so called ‘ Near miss ‘ It is still a deviation from the normal and therefore requires investigation.

  4. Company Name • How do you do an investigation ? Same as the police, Colombo, Frost etc... • Where necessary, barrier off the area and stop anyone from entering. Look for clues / evidence, take photo’s. • Collect statements from the injured person(s) immediately, their information is crucial. Witnesses straight after injured person, before if injured person(s) unconscious. • Why immediately ??

  5. Company Name • Because they get whisked off to hospital AND • You may not see them for weeks AND • You may never see them again… ever AND • May never get information that’s needed AND • People change their stories • Inform H&S Manager, there may be RIDDOR Implications that need dealing with Immediately. • Interview separately, any witnesses that SAW what actually happened, get a signed and dated statement.

  6. Company Name • Then what ?? • Complete an Investigation Report Form. Its been designed to help you find out what happened, why it happened and what we are going to do to stop it happening again. • Check the Risk Assessment. • Why ?

  7. Company Name • Risk asssments may have missed something, many R/A’s may be affected. • Give you a chance to review the Assessment – Procedures – Work Instructions – Training.

  8. Company Name • Record the Immediate and Basic causes, often called ‘ Root causes ‘. • Record Actions to prevent re-occurrence, could be a new guard, replace tooling after so many hours, a re-training issue.

  9. Company Name • Ensure everyone tasked with an action knows what needs to be done, when by and to report back to you when the Action has been done. • Inform H&S if person is off work the next day, could be Riddor reportable. • If the Risk Assessment needs to be changed, ensure all concerned are informed and training records updated.

  10. Company Name • Monitor the situation to ensure all actions are having the required effects……… Please remember … occasionally.. corrective actions can make the situation worse. Your incident and investigation will be discussed at the next safety meeting.

  11. Company Name • Any questions ……..

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