Accident and Incident Investigation

                   
The statutory requirements for reporting and recording of injuries, ill-health and dangerous occurrences, are set out in the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR). 


The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) give the detailed requirements for those accidents which have to be reported by the employer. The requirements include the reporting of:

• Fatality
• Major Injury
• Over Three-Day Injuries
• Diseases
• Dangerous Occurrence    

The purpose of accident investigation is to identify immediate and underlying causes and within the wider concept of risk management, the prevention of all losses.
                                        

• Losses to the individual
• Death, injury, suffering, stress, disability                        
• Loss of income, loss of ability to work
• Losses to Business
• Increased insurance premiums, fines, compensation claims, and damage to property
• Poor company image, lost customers, lost production, site closures                                                                                                

Adopting proven investigation techniques and procedures will reduce incident rates and be cost effective in the prevention of recurrence.

B & P Health and Safety Management Consultants Ltd can implement accident and incident investigation procedures to identify immediate and root causes and recommend corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

Support can be provided to measure health and safety performance using accident and ill-health data, together with additional active measurement techniques to include:

• Health and safety audits
• Workplace inspections
• Safety tours
• Safety sampling
• Safety surveys