INCIDENT REPORTING

AND INVESTIGATION
INCIDENT
•An unplanned event that causes
injury
•A dangerous occurrence is any event
that could have caused injury, but
did not
INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
•Account and analysis of an incident based
on information gathered by a thorough
examination of all contributing factors
and causes involved
 SERIOUS INCIDENTS TO BE
INVESTIGATED
• Death or serious injury
• Collapse or structural failure of a building,
tower, crane, hoist, temporary construction,
support system or excavation
• An uncontrolled spill or escape of a toxic,
corrosive or explosive substance
• Explosion, fire or flooding
 INCIDENT CAUSATION
• DIRECT CAUSE

• INDIRECT CAUSE
 5 FACTORS TO DETERMINE
INDIRECT CAUSES
• Task
• Review the steps of the job, method of performing the
task, any change to the normal method of performing
• Material or Equipment
• Review the design of machinery, tools and equipment
and how they are used by the workers, body positions
to work and demands such as repetitive work
• Workers
• Consider the factors such as job requirements,
experience, training, and physical capabilities, emotional
status at the time of incident (tired, stressed, pressures,,
rushing,….
• The environment
• Consider the weather conditions, housekeeping, the lay out
of machinery and storage areas, lighting, visibility,
ventilation, temperature, noise, vibration, gases, dust
• Management
(Review the safety health rules and Standards) in effect, how
were they
• Enforced, type of supervision provided, maintenance
procedures for equipment/tools,
• Safety and health inspections carried out, work processes
and procedures in place,
• Hazard recognition and control methods, incident reporting
policies and first aid
• Policies.
INVESTIGATION STEPS
• PREPARATION
• DETERMINE THE SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION
• Investigation Kit:
• investigation checklist, investigation form,
• high visibility tape, pencils, pens,
• measuring tape, clipboard,
• camera/video camera with film/tape, graph paper,
• plastic bags & envelopes, notepaper,
• flashlight, ruler
• Safety Equipment:
• hard hat, eye protection,
• hearing protection, protective clothing,
• safety footwear
• VISITING THE SCENE
• Take control of the situation
• Care for the injured
• Secure the area
• Contact appropriate people
• Gather names and addresses of eye witnesses
• Sketch the scene and take measurements
• Photographing
• Collecting evidence and sample
• CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION
• Categorize witnesses interview, questioning
• 5W’s of Questioning
• Who, what, when, where, why/how
• Taking notes
• Examination of physical evidence
• Analyzing the evidence
• Preparing the report