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    Investigating accidents and incidents is important to identify causes so they can be prevented. It also helps collect required information for authorities and insurance. An incident has the potential for harm but doesn't cause it, while an accident results in harm or property damage. Investigations should examine immediate and underlying causes. The process involves ensuring safety, preserving evidence, reporting, assembling an investigation team, gathering information, analyzing findings, reviewing controls, creating an action plan, and managing external relations. The goal is to avoid recurrences, not attribute blame.

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    Investigating accidents and incidents is important to identify causes so they can be prevented. It also helps collect required information for authorities and insurance. An incident has the potential for harm but doesn't cause it, while an accident results in harm or property damage. Investigations should examine immediate and underlying causes. The process involves ensuring safety, preserving evidence, reporting, assembling an investigation team, gathering information, analyzing findings, reviewing controls, creating an action plan, and managing external relations. The goal is to avoid recurrences, not attribute blame.

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    Investigating accidents and incidents is important to identify causes so they can be prevented. It also helps collect required information for authorities and insurance. An incident has the potential for harm but doesn't cause it, while an accident results in harm or property damage. Investigations should examine immediate and underlying causes. The process involves ensuring safety, preserving evidence, reporting, assembling an investigation team, gathering information, analyzing findings, reviewing controls, creating an action plan, and managing external relations. The goal is to avoid recurrences, not attribute blame.

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    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Investigating accidents and incidents


    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Why investigate
    accidents and incidents?
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    The first part of this course has raised your


    awareness of the importance of identifying
    and controlling risks before harm occurs
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    However, sometimes things may go wrong.


    You need to know what to do on these
    occasions, and how to learn from them
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    An incident could be described as an


    undesired event that doesn’t result in harm,
    but has the potential to do so
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    An undesired event with this result may also


    be described as a near miss
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    An accident is an undesired event that does


    result in harm and/or property damage
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Accidents and incidents should be


    investigated to identify the cause so that it
    can be prevented from happening again
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Other reasons to investigate accidents and


    incidents include:
    • collecting the required information for
    notifying authorities
    • collecting information for insurance purposes
    • determining the cost of an accident
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Key benefits of investigation:


    • making a safer work environment
    • improving worker morale
    • preventing further business losses from
    disruption, down-time and lost business
    • developing useful skills and
    knowledge that can be
    applied throughout
    the organisation
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Remember: incidents that don’t


    result in harm or loss still need to
    be reported and investigated.
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Remember: incidents that don’t


    result in harm or loss still need to
    be reported and investigated.

    An incident might result in more


    serious consequences if it were
    to happen again
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    How do accidents and


    incidents happen?
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    Investigating accidents and incidents
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    Investigating accidents and incidents
    Investigating accidents and incidents
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    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Remember: if you only investigate as far as


    the immediate causes, there’s a much
    higher likelihood that it will happen again
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    How do you carry out


    an investigation?
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    Investigating accidents and incidents

    1. Ensure the wellbeing of the injured person


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    2. Preserve the scene


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    3. Report the accident (or incident)


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    3. Report the accident (or incident)


    • senior management
    • enforcing authority
    • injured person’s family
    • owner of assets
    • insurance company
    • safety/employee
    representatives
    • health and safety and
    human resources
    departments
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    3. Report the accident (or incident)


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    4. Assemble the investigation team


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    4. Assemble the investigation team


    • someone familiar with the work location
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    4. Assemble the investigation team


    • supervisor or manager from work location
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    4. Assemble the investigation team


    • senior manager with authority or influence
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    4. Assemble the investigation team


    • health and safety expert
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    4. Assemble the investigation team


    • employee representative
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    4. Assemble the investigation team


    • person involved in event (if possible)
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    4. Assemble the investigation team


    • technical expert (if necessary)
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    The size of the team is determined


    by the size of the organisation
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    The level of investigation is determined by the


    likelihood of recurrence and the potential worst
    consequences of the undesired event
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    5. Investigate using a structured approach


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    5. Investigate using a structured approach


    • Gather information
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    5. Investigate using a structured approach


    • Gather information
    • physical
    • human
    • documentary
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    5. Investigate using a structured approach


    • Analyse findings
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    5. Investigate using a structured approach


    • Review current risk controls
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    5. Investigate using a structured approach


    • Create an action plan
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    5. Investigate using a structured approach


    Investigating accidents and incidents

    6. Handle external relations


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    6. Handle external relations


    • Enforcement authorities
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    6. Handle external relations


    • Media
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    6. Handle external relations


    • Local residents and businesses
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    Getting it right:
    • Investigation is about avoiding it happening
    again, not attributing blame
    • Having plans in place before an accident
    will help for an effective investigation
    • Sharing the findings
    is as important as
    ensuring the quality
    of the investigation
    Investigating accidents and incidents

    Key learning points:

    • Why investigate accidents and incidents?


    • How do accidents and incidents happen?
    • How do you carry out an
    investigation?

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