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Accident Reporting and

Investigation.

Presented by
H&S Officer name
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• 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
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• 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.
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• 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 ??
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• 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.
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• 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 ?
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• Any questions ……..