Accidents can occur at any time, place, anywhere, and anything
or anyone, resulting in damage, body part deformities or even death. Accident
and incident investigation is an important workplace activity and an essential
part of an occupational health and safety management system.
Before we explain the specifics of incident
investigation, let's look at what the term 'incidence' means "An
unexpected occurrence or experience that is considered unpleasant or
unfortunate, a sudden happening or event that results in harm, injury, etc... a
breakdown; a disturbance." An accident is an unexpected event due to the
failure of people, equipment, supplies or surroundings.
An Incident
investigation can assist in determining how and why the failure
occurred. What is learned from an Incident investigation can help control
future or even worse scenarios. Training employees on how to help with accident
investigations will help the overall safety of a construction operation.
Why
do accidents occur?
- Training of poor quality
- Unsafe conditions
- Ignorance/carelessness
- Ineffective coordination
- Unsafe acts
- using improper tools or equipment
- Lack of effective procedures for monitoring what occurs at work
Why
it is essential to investigate and report any Incident that occurs in an
organization/Workplace
Risks
to be recognized: Incident reporting can serve as a warning for the management,
helping recognize potential weaknesses or issues that must be rectified.
Incident report forms can prevent future adverse situations from developing
into major accidents or disasters.
Enforce the safety culture: Investigations of
incidents that focus on finding and fixing the root causes improve the morale
and attitude toward health and safety by displaying an employer's commitment to
a safe and healthy workplace. If workers are included in the decision-making
process, they will be more helpful in implementing new safety procedures and
more alert to potential dangers. Incident reporting becomes important if
resilient safety cultures are to become industry norms.
Reducing the frequency of incidents: Even
if investigations only offer feedback on a specific situation, causal factors
of an incident are still reported; addressing these variables lessens the
likelihood that the incident's causes and its effects will recur in the future.
Prompt incident reporting is a huge cost saving: Accelerated
incident investigations and reporting have additional benefits for
organizations in the form of significant cost reductions. Some investigations
claim that reporting within two weeks of an incident was 18% more costly than
reporting in a week. Also, claims reporting after more than five weeks from the
date of damage were 45% more expensive. As a result, the expense of maintaining
the incident reporting program is far lower than the expense of accidents at a
significant event.
Why is it important to conduct an investigation?
- To protect people from injury, death, sickness, and damage in the future.
- To choose the incident's root cause.
- To develop methods to prevent the incident in the future
- To evaluate the incident's impact and cost
- To make the Workplace safe
Who
can take the Incident investigation?
- Anyone! Who is interested in the investigation
- managers
- Safety professionals
- Operating managers
- Supervisors
- Trainers
- Any working professional from the safety industry.
Incident Investigation Course at Green World Group:
The Green World offers
efficient Training in health and safety Courses for HSE professionals, with our
highly skilled teaching specialists who have a variety of expertise in these
domains. This course is designed as a basic level training for new
investigators on the significance of properly investigating the Workplace.
We aim to offer our clients the best possible service to ensure adequate HSE management knowledge. We offer an Incident Investigation course appropriate for workers in various industries, including food processing, construction, mining, manufacturing, and many more.
The Green World Group offers additional safety training program at locations around India, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Asia, & Africa. These programmer include NEBOSH, IOSH, OSHA, RoSPA, CPD, and other specialized OHS Corporate training certificates.
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Reviewed by Green World Group
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October 13, 2022
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