Occupational Health and Safety

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Occupational Health and Safety Accident
Investigation Training
HS6_29.11.13
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Agenda

• Roles
• Objectives
• Types of Accident
• Definitions
• Staff involved
• Process
• Reports
• Follow-up
• Things you should know

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ROLES

• Employees
• SLER
• OHSC or OHSR
• BGSO (when non NPF staff involved)

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OBJECTIVES

• Complying with regulations
• Determine the fact by inquiry, observations and
  examination
• Establish the cause(s) of occurrence
• Identify preventive measures

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TYPES OF ACCIDENT

• CONTACT
• chemicals
• electricity
• heat/cold
• By moving object
• falling object

• FALL TO
• same level
• lower level

• CAUGHT
• In
• on
• between

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DEFINITIONS

• Accident
• Near-misses
• Occupational Illness or Injury
• Minor Injury
• Disabling Injury

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ACCIDENT

• An undesired event,
• or sequence of events causing injury, ill-health
• or property damage

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NEAR MISS

• A hazardous incidence where, given a slight shift
  in time or distance, injury, ill-health or damage
  easily could have occurred, but did not

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AN OCCUPATIONALILLNESS OR INJURY ONLY WHEN
ASSOCIATED TO WORKPLACE
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DEFINITIONS TYPES OF INJURY

• Minor
• Disabling

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STAFF INVOLVED INVESTIGATION
PERSON (S) INVOLVED IN PROCESS
ROLE
SLER or Sup with OHSC or OHSR
Investigate, analyse the accident and propose
changes
Implement changes
Supervisor
Check corrective or preventive actions
OHSC or OHSR
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IMMEDIATE ACTIONS

• Provide first aid and medical care to injured
  person(s)
• Help people in danger
• Secure the scene to prevent further injuries or
  damage
• Employee reports case to supervisor
• SLER invites OHSC or OHSR to investigate

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INVESTIGATION STEPS

• Collect evidences and facts
• Interview witnesses
• Analyze and find the root cause
• Report and follow-up

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Important to recognizedifferences
betweenFACTS versus OPINIONS

• Make a distinction between both, stick to facts
• Identify what happened, not what people think
  that took place
• Provide an accurate description of reality
• Avoid making any personal judgments or
  interpretations

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Process of ANALYSIS

• Determine the sequence of events (draw a diagram)
• Isolate and classify contributing factors

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WITH THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

• YOU identify preventive measures
• YOU Provide corrective actions
• Actions may be immediate, temporary or permanent

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TWOINVESTIGATION REPORTS

• ESDC Hazardous Occurrence Investigation Report
  LAB 1070b
• ESDC Employers Annual Hazardous Occurrence
  Incidence Report-LAB1009B

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FOLLOW-UP

• SLER
• Person implementing corrective action
• OHSC or OHSR

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Things You Should Know

• Where to find more details?
• Who to contact for assistance?
• Where to find support tools?

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CONCLUSION

• We have reviewed how to conduct an
• Accident Investigation at your workplace