Workshop on Advanced Incident, Accident Investigation and Reporting Writing

Program overview:

Safety is of utmost importance in any industry in spite of our best efforts, accidents and incidents occasionally occur. These unplanned or undesired events can adversely affect a company’s work operations and may include work-related injuries, occupational illnesses, property damage, spills and fires. Critically all incidents should therefore be thoroughly investigated demonstrating a proven company-wide process of efficiency and effectiveness linked to the Safety Management System (SMS). However, even a minor incident or near-miss incident also requires a thorough investigation as this may reveal significant potential for a serious future incident should the conditions be left uncorrected.

This training program is designed to provide participants with confidence and necessary professionalism to enable a thorough Accident Investigation as soon as practicable after the event.

For whom:

This program is designed for those officers who may become involved in these investigation as well as Managers wishing to have a deeper knowledge of this process and crucially how it affects the interpretation of the law, regulations and company procedures. This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: HSE Officers, Supervisors, Inspectors, Advisors, Auditors, and Team Leaders/Managers.

Learning objectives:

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

*             acquire the knowledge and skills required to investigate all adverse events;

*             know and explain the causes of accidents and ill-health;

*             discuss the elements that combine to form an accident;

*             develop confidence & professionalism in investigating, interviewing & reporting;

*             ensure all employees & contractors are aware of the SMS and ‘Safety Culture’; and

*             apply the legal requirements and company procedures in investigations and reporting.

Course outline:

DAY 1 – Incident, Accident and Outline of Investigation Procedures

• What are hazards, risk, Incident “and “Accident
• Types of incidents, why do accidents happen
• Importance of Incident / Accident Investigation
• Legal aspects of incident/accident investigation
• Gathering information, analyzing information
• Deciding immediate and root causes
• Identifying suitable control measures
• Planning corrective actions

DAY 2 – Interviewing Witnesses and Gathering Information

• Preparation for the interview of witnesses and other concerned persons
• Principles of effective interviewing
  • Separation of witnesses
  • Confidentiality of information obtained
• Collecting factual information, photographs, sketches, videos, system alarms.
  • Collection of required drawings, company policies, risk assessments,
  • training records, SOPs, Safe Systems of Work, Permit-to-Work,
  • Maintenance Records, ·need and importance of all this information
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DAY 3 –Analyzing Information, Identify Control Measures

• How to analyze the data?
• Finding immediate causes of incident/accident f

rom the data analysis

• Finding root causes of incident/accident from the data analysis
• Explanation with examples
• How to identify suitable control measures for both

immediate and root causes,

• Video Playback

DAY 4 – Recording and Reporting of Incidents / Accidents

• Internal incident reporting system
  • Reporting event to the external agencies
• Legal requirements
  • Formats for incident reporting
  • “Do’s “and “Don’ts “of effective report writing
• Q & A session, -Mock Accident Review

DAY 5 – Mock Accident Investigation: Practical Session

• Write down whom you will interview
• Write down the interview questions
• Write down what data you will collect
• The Accident Investigation Report.
• Your conclusion about immediate causes and root causes
• Review and Follow-up corrective action (Optional)

Training Methodology

Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.