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Workplace Accidents How They Can Haemorrhage Money

Ian Dunsford Team Leader and Health & Safety Consultant

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WHO WE ARE

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WHAT ARE WE GOING TO COVER?

• Accident

investigation

• Why bother?
• Blind spots
• The 4 stages

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WHY BOTHER?

• Find out what

happened

• Try and prevent it

from happening again

• Get information to

determine if reportable

• Help reduce insurance

and other costs

• Part of the “check” and

“act” stages of safety management

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SENTENCING GUIDELINES

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FOUR MAIN STAGES

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INITIAL INVESTIGATION

Immediate

• 1. Ensure that the

area is safe

• 2. First aid and/or

ambulance

First steps

• 1. Preserve the

scene

• 2. Identify witnesses
• 3. Take photographs

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I keep six honest serving-men (Tiey taught me all I knew); Tieir names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.

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GATHER INFORMATION

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GATHER INFORMATION

What was being done at the time?

03

• Describe the task

How?

02

• Key equipment, chain of events

(up to and following), position

• f controls, etc.

Where, when, who?

01

• Keep an open mind

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GATHER INFORMATION

What were the injuries/ill health?

06

• Get a good description.
• Might not initially know.

Adequate SSoW

• r supervision?

05

• New staff member?
• Did SSoW cover all

steps? Anything unusual

• r different?

04

• New task/equipment
• Breakdown

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GATHER INFORMATION

Was how the work arranged a factor?

09

• Targets.
• Supervision

Was the risk known/covered in risk assessments?

08

• Was it reasonably

foreseeable?

• Was it communicated

How did the injuries come to happen?

07

• Contact with dangerous

parts?

• Hit by vehicle?

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GATHER INFORMATION

Did the layout contribute?

12

• Blindspots?
• Not enough room for

machinery?

Were competent and suitable people being used?

11

• Trained?
• Young person?

Was maintenance and cleaning OK?

10

• LOLER?
• Housekeeping?

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GATHER INFORMATION

Was safety equipment suitable?

15

• Guarding
• LEV
• PPE

Any difficulties using plant or equipment?

14

• Design issues
• Control layout

Nature or shape

• f materials

13

• Heavy, awkward, hot,

etc?

• Poisonous, toxic, etc?

Any other factors?

16

• Weather
• Staff arguments
• Defective supplies

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Fatality, major injuries Other RIDDOR Trends

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ANALYSE THE INFORMATION

• What happened

and why?

• How do you do

that?

• The “five whys”
• Fault-tree analysis
• Use checklists or

investigation packs

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ANALYSE THE INFORMATION

John breaks his leg John is hit by forklift John is in loading bay Getting some goods Blind spot Horn not used

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ANALYSE THE INFORMATION

• Keep a record of immediate causes
• Work to identify underlying and root

causes

• There is usually a root cause.

Avoid the temptation to jump straight to saying that it’s the injured person’s, or the person driving the forklift’s fault.

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HUMAN ERROR

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IDENTIFY SUITABLE RISK CONTROL MEASURES

• Usually a root cause
• Lack of training
• A decision not to

prioritise an issue

• Should lead to

actions

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IDENTIFY SUITABLE RISK CONTROL MEASURES

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HOW TO CHOOSE

• Hierarchy of control
• Reasonably

practicable

• Quick wins
• What the inspector

has suggested (or even required)

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ACTION PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION

• Involve investigation

team and present to senior manager(s)

• Keep a record
• Target dates and owners
• May develop as the

investigation develops

• Actions should be about

improving outcomes

• Some actions may be

temporary

• Priorities may change

due to availability of resources

• Review progress

regularly

• Review risk assessments

accordingly

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