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)