Accident & Incident Investigation
Our incident investigation services focus on understanding the root causes of workplace incidents and preventing their recurrence. We provide thorough investigations and actionable insights to enhance your safety measures and practices.
What is an Accident Investigation?
Accidents in the workplace can have serious consequences. Not only are they dangerous for those involved, but without a full investigation, the accident may happen again. To minimise the risk to employees and the employer, a thorough investigation must be carried out to identify the cause of the accident, what led to it happening, and what can be done to prevent it in the future. This is why we help conduct any accident investigation in businesses that need support.
Why Choose AL23 Safety for Accident Investigations?
At AL23 Safety, accident investigations are available on an ad hoc basis or as part of a comprehensive package of services tailored to the needs of your business. This allows us to provide you with the expertise and support your business needs without costly extras that you won’t ever use. Our flexibility means we can help more businesses improve their policies and procedures, focusing on the areas that need it. We handle every investigation professionally and sensitively for all involved.
How Our Experts Can Help
Our experts at AL23 Safety have a wealth of experience in conducting accident investigations. We understand that it’s not enough to identify the cause of the accident and record it, but to understand what steps or actions led to the risk being present in the first place. This allows our experts to review any risk assessments or processes in place, update them, and ensure everyone is as safe as possible at work.
By having a well-documented log of accidents and clear steps taken from each incident, you demonstrate a duty of care to your business and staff. These logs should be reviewed regularly, especially when there are changes to equipment, working styles, or environments. Our experts can help keep these policies, procedures, and logs up to date. We tailor our work to fit any business size or industry, ensuring a thorough process that covers all aspects of the investigation.
The Process for Accident Investigations
The outcome of any accident investigation should be to update risk management processes or implement steps if none exist for a particular situation. It’s not enough to log what happened if no action is taken afterward. Once an accident has taken place, the incident should be recorded with details of the event, the cause, and who was involved. Any information on what action was taken to help the victim is also relevant.
This log should be made available to experts conducting the accident investigation, as they need to identify where the accident took place and what factors were involved. Any prior risk assessments need to be reviewed and updated to reflect and account for the specific situation. Once the risk assessment has been updated with the relevant risks and recommendations, the necessary actions must be implemented immediately. Our experts will help you with this implementation.
Steps in the Accident Investigation Process
- Identification of Hazards and Persons at Risk: Determine what hazards were present and who was at risk.
- Evaluation of Risks: Assess which risks can be reduced, controlled, or eradicated.
- Detailed Recording: Record and explain findings comprehensively.
Investigating Accidents and Near Misses
Investigating accidents and near misses to prevent recurrences is an essential part of safety management. It is important to establish the immediate causes and contributory factors to prevent similar events in the future. Accident causation is rarely as simple as it may first appear, and an independent view is essential, particularly if there are many parties involved.
If an accident occurs, it is important that the scene is left alone and that you contact us as soon as possible to arrange for an investigation. Following a site visit to carry out interviews with witnesses and injured parties (as appropriate), we will issue an independent report with recommendations.
Reporting Accidents to the HSE
If you need to report an accident to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), we can help guide you through the process, ensuring that any reportable accident is dealt with efficiently.
Contact Us
For a comprehensive and responsive incident and accident investigation support service, contact AL23 Safety. Our consultants will provide the expertise and guidance needed to handle any incident professionally and effectively.
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