Importance of Accident Investigation

Objectives:

· Explaining the content and outcome of Accidents

· Identify the different kinds of Accident causes

· Know the Aim of Accident Investigation

· Explaining the Ways to Investigate an Accident

· Know how to keep the Records for Accident Investigations

What is an Accident?

· Unexpected Act leads to Accident (i.e.) Injury to Health or Wealth

· Accidents are the results of the failure of Individuals, Components or Surroundings Possibly

· Every Accident must have Impacts

Purpose of Accident investigation:

· Determine a range of actions resulting in failure

· Finding the Reason for the Accident

· Identifying methods to obviate continuous Accident

Consequences of Accidents:

Direct consequences

· Self-injury

· Loss of Assets

Indirect consequences

· Financial Loss

· Medication Spending

· Instantly need to give Training to Another Person

· Depreciated Employee Confidence

Types of Causes:

Basic causes Management Irregularity safety policy and choices distinctive factors/surrounding factors

· Unsafe act performanceßindirect causesàconditions

· Unplanned release of energy (Direct causes)

· Disaster

· Personal harm

· Assets harm

Examples of accident causes:

Direct causes

Indirect causes

Basic causes

Hurt by/against

Defeat to fix

Mismanagement

Falls

Protecting

Imperfect preservation

Arrested in/between

Inappropriate use

Training

Work

Hazardous situation

Procedures

Connection with

Surroundings

Hassle

Collision (vehicle)

Fault

Engineering

Be prepared:

· Improve the guidelines for Accident investigation

· Consistently inspect your guidelines to:

· Assure personnel perceive their role

· Administration is urging curative activities:

· Assign responsibilities to personnel:

Ø Employee must Training for examine accident

Ø Investigator should have the knowledge about investigation procedure

Conducting the investigation:

· Questioning the incident viewers

· Record the accident area before made any alterations happen

· Analyze all facts (protocols, material booklets)

· Make inspection reports on:

· Conditions before in accidental spot

· Accident progression

· Conditions after in accidental spot

· Record the details (i.e.: accident spot, incident viewers acknowledgement and imparting constituents)

· Describe the alignment of factors that leads to accident

Common problem solving methods:

· Work hazard investigation

· Flow charts

· Change in investigating methods

Change analysis:

· Describing the issues

· Implementing the terms

· Recognizing, spotting and narrating the modification

· Diagnosing what was damaged and not damaged

· Specify the index of modifications

· Select the potential causes

Witness interviews:

· Immediate questioning

· Initiate an interconnection with witness (converse with as associate)

· Grab the absolute details

· Record the witness’s declaration

Documentation:

· Consummating the accident examine form to collect

· Personal details

· Accident confirmation (accidental area, circumstances for accident, devices involved)

· Reason for Accident

· Precaution to avoid accident

· Implementing details

· From the consummating the Accident Examine form and witness statements write an accident examining report. The report should include:

· Surrounding information (where, who)

· Briefing (sequence, extent, type, source)

· Inspecting (reasons)

· Endorsements

Steps to accident investigation:

· Observe the scenario

· Protect the sight (begin temporary leads)

· Giving medical attention for injured persons

· Gathering absolute proof

· Re-examine the reports

· Describe the accidental scenario (scientific procedures)

· Implementation (avoid dangerous ways)