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Types of a Report Part 2
Progress Report
A periodic report that describes how a project is progressing.
Incident Report(or Accident Report)
A report that describes an incident or an accident It determines why people or equipment fail to behave or react as expected.
It should include:The name of the person describing the event and
contant information.A description of how the event occurredThe names of people involved.
Examples of incidents:
a child skinning their knee on a playground
violent or illegal behaviora medical error...etc.property damage
The following are common problems found in incident reports:
• Not clear to someone who wasn’t there • Thoughts not organized • Not enough detail (who, what, when, where,
why, and how)• Poor grammar, punctuation, and spelling • Use of terms or abbreviations that readers
may not be familiar with • Inconsistency in style throughout the
department
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