Occupational Health and Safety NGC1 (Element 5)

Accidents and other incidents are investigated, then identify action to prevent recurrence. Also use of accident stats to identify trends in accident history.

Existing conditions are inspected to identify and correct sub-standard matters before incidents occur.

Involves the planned, regular examination of standards in the work place as a matter of routine.

Accident and incident reports/investigations, issues raised by employees/external agencies, e.g. insurance companies or enforcement authorities.

To ensure that the control measures are operating effectively and they are appropriate to current conditions.

Routine examination of work place conditions carried out by competent person(s), e.g. the weekly inspection of a workshop by the workshop supervisor.

A high profile inspection carried out by a team of people including managers.

Responsibility for ensuring that effective work place inspection regimes are in place and are operated effectively. This will include receiving reports and overseeing/agreeing action.

Help to ensure a consistent, systematic and comprehensive approach to checking all safety elements to be covered during inspection.

Set the scene, outlining what the report is about, why it has been written (the aim), when and where it took place and who did it.

Structured process of collecting independent info on the efficiency, effectiveness and reliability of the management system and drawing up plans for corrective action.

Find the cause with the intention of preventing a recurrence.

Gather factual info about event.
Analyse info and draw conclusions about immediate and route causes. Identify suitable control measures. Plan the remedial actions.

Immediate line manager where event took place, a member of management, a safety rep, a safety officer, an engineer or technical expert.

Inspection and maintenance records, risk assessments, safe system or permit to work, environmental measurements, medical records, safety reports, training and other personnel records, minutes of safety committee meetings.

Unsafe acts and unsafe conditions.

Involved employee or colleagues, if not able to. Sometimes first aider, maybe line manager - company policy will dictate.

Identify underlying causes and provide info about trends and other patterns.

Depending on circumstances, would be communicated to the victim, their immediate manager and safety rep. It may be necessary to inform other managers and safety committee (enforcement agency - reportable incidents).

Fatalities, major injuries, over 3 day injuries, dangerous occurrences and specified diseases.

Fatalities, major injuries and dangerous occurrences to HSE asap by phone. Followed up with F2508 by post or online within 10 days.

For at least 3 years.

Skin diseases, lung diseases, certain infections, other conditions, e.g. hand arm vibration syndrome.

Accident documentation about similar incidents, risk assessments, inspection and maintenance records, other documentation, e.g. reporting of faults and training records.

Make area safe, first aid, isolate scene, next of kin, enforcing authority, safety reps, counselling or support, insurers, investigation team.

To ensure organisational arangements, H&S standards and operational systems/measures are working effectively and to identify any corrective actions.

Senior management to ensure it remains suitable for achieving policy and objectives, also involve managers, supervisors, specialists and safety reps.

Monthly of individuals, supervisors or sections. 3 monthly of departments. Annual of sites or whole organisation.

Minutes, revisions to H&S policy and objectives, specific corrective actions for managers, specific improvement actions, date for review of corrective action, areas of emphasis for the planning of future audits.

Assesses management system, long process, documentary evidence, long report, requires detailed planning, considerable resources, normally annually, improve systems at high level & cascading down

Assesses control measures, short process, primarily observations, short report, limited planning, weekly/monthly/quarterly, focuses on operational level

Mechanical failure.
Driver failed to see pedestrian.
Pedestrian no high viz.
Drivers vision restricted.
Human error by either parties

Inadequate maintenance.
Lighting or weather.
No ruling/enforcement about high viz.
Bad housekeeping.
No banksman.
Lack of training.