ACCIDENTS PREVENTION

AND
REPORTING

Prepared by:
M. Zain-Ul-Abideen
HSE Officer
 TRAINER’S PROFILE
 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

• M.Sc. Environmental Sciences (University of Karachi)

• B.Sc. (Pass) (University of Karachi)

• D.A.E. Petroleum Technology (GCT, Karachi)

 HSE QUALIFICATION:

• ISO 45001: 2018 Occupational Health & Safety management System

Certified Lead Auditor
• ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Management System Certified Lead Auditor

• Essentials of Occupational Safety & Health (ITC, Turin, Italy)

• IOSH Managing Safely 5.0

• OSHA 30 Hours General Industry

• HABC Fire Safety Level 2

• NFPA 350 Confined Space Code

• NFPA 101 Life Safety Code

• NEBOSH IGC (In Progress)

What is an INCIDENT?
INCIDENT:
An incident is referred to as a work-related event(s) in
which an injury or ill health (regardless of severity) or
fatality occurred, or could have occurred.
Incident can be categorized as:

1.ACCIDENT
2.NEAR MISS
What is an ACCIDENT?
ACCIDENT:
An "accident" is an unwanted
and sudden event resulting in
Property damage, physical
injury or fatality.

TYPES OF ACCIDENT:
•Death Disability
•Serious illness
•Injury
•Ill health due to exposure
•Asset Loss.
 ACCIDENT
The two direct causes of an accident are:
1.Unsafe Acts
2.Unsafe Conditions

•Some research allocates the causes of accidents as

80 percent of accidents are due to unsafe acts and
only 20 percent to unsafe conditions.

•Corporate culture often plays a major role in the

occurrence of an accident.

•If experienced employees disregard the safety

regulations, new colleagues are inclined to do the
same.
 UNSAFE ACT
An unsafe act is a conscious action by the
employee that creates new risks and therefore
the possibility of an accident.
UNSAFE CONDITION
An unsafe condition is a condition in which you
don´t have the risks under control and which
can therefore lead to an accident.
UNSAFE ACT &CONDITION
• Human failure can lead to unsafe actions
or situations.

• A lot of accidents are due to

carelessness.

• Check whether the machine you´re using

is safe and whether covers, guards and
other types of protection are still in place.

• A user manual should be provided with

every machine.

• All machines and tools must be well-

maintained and kept in perfect working
order.
 ACCIDENTS PREVENTION
• A prevention policy has to be pro-
active.

• A company's management carries

considerable responsibility in
drawing up and implementing a
prevention policy.

• The direct managers have a major

part to play. The managers must
ensure that the existing rules and
regulations are observed.

• That involves carrying out regular

inspections.
REPORTING INCIDENTS
• Sometimes, attention is only
paid to industrial accidents in
which someone is (seriously)
injured.

• Accidents involving minor

injuries, however, occur ten
times more frequently than
serious accidents, but these
are generally not reported.
 REPORTING INCIDENTS
• Provide a clear description of the
incident.

• Provide a clear description of the

location with date and time.

• Identify all items/material/ equipment

associated with the incident.

• Witness Detail.

• All employees IMMEDIATELY report

all incidents, including property
damage to the HSE department.

• Ensure employees receive training

on the incident
reporting/investigation procedure.
 ACCIDENT TRIANGLE
• By investigating every minor accident and near-
accident without serious consequences, many unsafe
situations/actions can be highlighted.

• The accident triangle implies that many minor incidents

and less obvious risk situations ultimately lead to
serious accidents.
 ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATION &
REPORTING
Learning from our Mistakes

Those that do not learn from their mistakes, are

bound to repeat them”
 ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATION &
REPORTING
BENEFITS OF ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND
REPORTING :
 To prevent accident reoccurrence.
 Improve employee morale.
 Compliance with the legal & regulatory requirements.
 Help to identify and controls Hazards.
 Improved profitability.
 International recognition of an organization.
 Providing safe and healthy workplaces.
 Reduction of operating costs by control of accidental
losses.
ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATION &
REPORTING
Why Investigate ACCIDENT?
 Monitor the effectiveness of the HSEQ Policy
 Create information for statistical trend &
analysis
Develop actions / countermeasures
 Prevent reoccurrence
 Improve systems, procedures & awareness –
learn from events
 Related active hazards and their controlling
 Legislative / insurance requirement
 Management System requirements (OHSAS
18001)
 Allow / ensure continuous improvement
 Improve the work environment
 Learn from what went wrong
 To find out the cost of an accident.
 THANK YOU
Think Safety, Act Safely