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Accident Investigation & Reporting Procedure: QHSE Manual
Accident Investigation & Reporting Procedure: QHSE Manual
Document Name:
QHSE Ref. No. IMS/QHSE/AIR/13 Rev. 02
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION &
REPORTING PROCEDURE Date: 13th August 2009
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QHSE Manual
Document Name:
QHSE Ref. No. IMS/QHSE/AIR/13 Rev. 02
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION &
REPORTING PROCEDURE Date: 13th August 2009
1.0 PURPOSE
To identify the reporting methodology of incidents, including accidents leading to DSI employee or
its visitors and subcontractors injury or property loss
To follow up investigation to determine potential root causes of an unwanted incident and implement
corrective action to prevent recurrence
To learn from any accident that occurs to DSI employees and implement preventive measures to
prevent recurrence and to comply with applicable federal and local regulations
2.0 SCOPE
This procedure applicable to all DSI PJSC and its subsidiary companies employees, subcontractors,
visitors who are locates within area of our responsibility.
3.0 DEFINITIONS
Risk that has been reduced to a level that can be tolerated by the organization having regard to its
legal obligations and its own policy,
3.2 Hazard
Source, situation, or act with a potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health, or a
combination of these
3.4 Risk
Combination of the likelihood of an occurrence of a hazardous event or exposure(s) and the severity
of injury or ill health that can be caused by the event or exposure(s)
Process of evaluating the risk(s) arising from a hazard(s), taking into account the adequacy of any
existing controls, and deciding whether or not the risk(s) is acceptable
3.6 Incident
Work-related event(s) that gave rise to an accident or had the potential to lead to an accident
(including accidents & near misses).
3.7 Accident
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ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION &
REPORTING PROCEDURE Date: 13th August 2009
NOTE 1 an Accident is an incident which has given rise to injury, ill health or fatality.
NOTE 2 an Incident where no injury, ill health, or fatality occurs may also be referred to as a “near-
miss”, “near-hit”, “close call” or “dangerous occurrence”.
NOTE 3 an emergency situation is a particular type of incident.
A work related incident (Injury) that in the opinion of the competent medical authority has no major
consequences on body/health, but leads to incapacity to work of at least 3* days, including serious
injuries
A serious work injury requiring defined prescribed medical treatment (as defined below) by a
Registered Medical Practitioner, which is beyond the scope of normal First Aid, eg.: back injuries,
burns, fractures, serious lacerations, gassings, dermatitis (excluding conditions such as cardiac
arrest, where work is not a substantial contributing factor). Medical Treatment is defined as any
method, action, medication which induces healing/recovery, but does not include protective or
preventative (prophylactic) treatment.
The following types of injury and treatment must be classified as Medical Treatment Injuries (MTI):
Injuries requiring sutures and/or surgical removal of dead tissue (debridement) and/or removal of
embedded foreign bodies.
Admission to hospital for observation for a minimum of 24 hours, following injuries such as head
injury (even if no other treatment is required).
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ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION &
REPORTING PROCEDURE Date: 13th August 2009
Note:
Certain work-caused injuries cannot be effectively treated (eg: permanent noise induced hearing
loss) but should still be classified as MTI’s.
X-Ray examination or other diagnostic procedures alone are not defined as MTI’s. However,
injuries identified / diagnosed and/or treatment provided following X-Ray (that fall into the above
categories) should be classed as MTI.
A minor work injury requiring only minor first aid treatment (and possibly a follow up visit for
observation), even if provided by a Registered Medical Practitioner, ie: minor cuts, scratches, burns,
splinters, sprains and strains.
A work related injury which results in a work assignment after the day the incident occurred that
does not include all the normal duties of the person’s regular job.
Accident happening during travelling to place of work or in between multiple work places, place of
getting remuneration / salary and food catering (usually by Company transport)
3.17 Near-miss
An event that could have resulted in (or has a major potential for causing) injury, material or
environmental damage or loss, but did not in fact do so. Usually is accompanied by the substantial
release of energy.
Things people do that can result in accidents causing injury, damage to equipment (or both) or a
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REPORTING PROCEDURE Date: 13th August 2009
Such condition(s) at the work place that its nature is liable to lead to an accident.
Identifiable, adverse physical or mental condition arising from and/or made worse by a work activity
and/or work-related situation
Person or group, inside or outside the workplace, concerned with or affected by the OH&S
performance of an organization
3.23 Organization
NOTE For organizations with more than one operating unit, a single operating unit may be defined
as an organization.
3.24 Workplace
Any physical location in which work related activities are performed under the control of the
organization
NOTE When giving consideration to what constitutes a workplace, the organization should take into
account the OH&S effects on personnel who are, for example, travelling or in transit (e.g. driving,
flying, on boats or trains), working at the premises of a client or customer, or working at home.
4.0 RESPONSIBILITY
4.1 All Employees are responsible for reporting incidents they are involved in or witness to their
Supervisor immediately and without delay. The employee must also be a part of the
investigation team and provide accounts of what he/she did or saw prior to the incident
happening on the witness Statement Form.
4.2 The Safety Engineer / Officer is responsible for initiating and leading the investigation for
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accidents/incidents, filling in all appropriate parts of the Accident /Incident Report Form and
obtaining the Witness Statements. The completed form shall be forwarded to the HSE Manager
within 24 hours.
4.3 All Heads of Departments are responsible to ensure that the supervisors in their department are
fully aware of, understand and initiate the Incident Reporting and Investigation Policy and avail
of training in Incident investigation provided by the QHSE Department.
4.4 All Department / Project Managers must review the findings and corrective actions from
accidents / incidents investigations to ensure they are adequate to prevent a reoccurrence they
should actively participate in the investigation process and are responsible for taking
appropriate action on the conclusions and results of any incident investigation within their
Departments / Projects.
4.5 The QHSE Department will provide technical assistance and support for all incident
investigations.
4.6 The HSE Manager is responsible for investigating and reporting serious and fatality incidents to
the QHSE Manager and Company Insurance Officer and coordinating any subsequent follow-up
investigation.
5.0 PROCEDURE
Human Accidents:
5.1 Any of DSI employees responsible to report any work related accident / incident to his/her direct
supervisor or HSE in-charge,
5.2 HSE Engineer / Officer should as to administer providing of first aid as required taking into
consideration the seriousness case of the injured,
5.3 HSE Engineer / Officer informs area administration department with a summary of accident
circumstance,
5.4 Arrange for transportation for injured employee to medical treatment as required,
5.5 Eliminate the hazard if possible or guard the accident scene if worker is critically injured,
5.6 Ensure accompany and assistant goes with injured employee to the medical clinic / hospital,
5.7 Investigate the cause of the accident and report findings in the Accident Report form; ensure all
areas of the form are completed,
5.8 Police and other regulatory authorities e.g. civil defense, municipality etc are to be contacted as
applicable due to the cause of accidents, HSE Manager or Project Manager are the authorized
persons to contact such authorities, Photographs to be taken by HSE Manager / Officer,
5.9 Time frame required for reporting accidents / incidents to some legal authorities e.g. JAFZA,
EHS Trakhees etc should be achieved,
5.10 HSE Managers review and ensure the completeness and accuracy of the investigation reports
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5.11 All medical reports, police reports and other legal reports e.g. civil defense reports to be
attached to the investigation report,
5.12 It is the responsibility of the personnel officer to report the accident investigation report to the
Insurance Company within 24 to 48 hours of the accident,
5.13.2 2 Copies at work site one with HSE Manager and the other archived with the
document controller,
5.14 Vehicles and equipment accidents / incidents to be treated same methodology as Human
Accidents,
5.15 The transportation in-charge is responsible for completing the accident report for vehicle /
equipment and any injured persons in the accident,
5.16 All accidents with minor or major damage to vehicle / equipment to be reported even there is
no injury to human,
5.17 All Accidents should be reported to Administration Manager with all supporting documents and
reports,
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5.22 Accident / Incident Investigation Checklist; the following checklist require completion
as part of the investigation report:
was injured
witnessed the accident / incident and what did they see
who was working with the person at the time
Who
else was involved and how were they involved
was the person’s direct supervisor
is the HSE in-charge
was the injury / damage / potential injury
was the person doing at the time of the accident / incident
machinery / tools were involved
were the job instructions for this task (were they being followed, were they part
of ‘normal duties’)
communication / consultation processes are in place
actions had been taken to avoid an accident / incident in this location
What
safe work procedures or safety instructions have not been adhered to
previous near misses and/or similar accidents / incidents have occurred in this
location
personal protective equipment was available / needed, was it in use at the
time
has been the exposure to this hazard by the employee(occupational
illness/disease)
did the accident / incident / damage become evident
did the person commence this task (experience)
did the person last have training / retraining in the hazards associated with this
When task
did the person last have training / retraining in the safe systems of work for
this task
did it appear something was wrong with the task/system
did the accident / incident occur
was the person’s supervisor at the time
Where
were the witnesses at the time
the hazards of this task identified, assessed and control measures applied
did the injury / accident / incident occur
could this have been prevented
How could the supervisor prevented this
changes in the workplace, machinery, plant or equipment design prevented
this accident/incident
did the accident / incident occur
did communication / consultation systems fail
Why
were unsafe conditions permitted
were specific safety instructions not give / developed
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Document Name:
QHSE Ref. No. IMS/QHSE/AIR/13 Rev. 02
ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION &
REPORTING PROCEDURE Date: 13th August 2009
5.23 Accident / Incident rating to be done as part of the investigation on the basis of the
table below:
6.0 ATTACHMENTS
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