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Eliminatio n Substituti on Engineerin g Administra tion PPE Incident Reporting

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Elimination

Substitution

Engineering

Administration

PPE

Incident Reporting

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Incident Reporting

What to do

When to do it

Why we do it

Who does it

How do we do it

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Incident Reporting

Definitions:

Incident - An event that occurs which has the potential to cause serious personal injury/ danger to health or damage to property.

Accident - An event that occurs and results in personal injury or illness requiring medical attention.

Dangerous Occurrence/Near Miss - An event that has the potential to cause personal injury or damage to property or the environment.

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Definitions

Work injury means: an injury to a person that requires first aid or medical treatment if the injury was

caused by work, a workplace, a workplace activity or specified high risk plant the recurrence, aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration of any

existing injury in a person if: - first aid or medical treatment is required for the injury - work, a workplace, workplace activity or specified high risk plant caused the recurrence, aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration any serious bodily injury, if the injury was caused by work, a workplace, a

workplace activity or specified high risk plant.

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Definitions

Serious bodily injury means an injury to a person that causes:

the injured person's death the loss of a distinct part or an organ of the injured person's body the injured person to be absent from the person's voluntary or paid employment for more than four normal working days.

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Definitions

Work caused illness means:

an illness contracted by a person to which work, a workplace, a workplace activity or specified high risk plant was a significant contributing factor

the recurrence, aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration in a person of an existing illness if work, a workplace, a workplace activity or specified high risk plant was a significant contributing factor to the recurrence, aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration.

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Definitions

Dangerous event means:

an event caused by specified high risk plant

an event at a workplace caused by workplace activity

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Definitions

If the event involves or could have involved exposure of persons to risk to their health and safety because of:

collapse, overturning, failure or malfunction of, or damage to, an item of specified high risk plant collapse, or failure of an excavation or of any shoring supporting an excavation collapse, or partial collapse of any part of a building or other structure damage to any load bearing member of, or the failure of any brake, steering device or other control device of, a crane, hoist, conveyor, lift or escalator implosion, explosion or fire escape, spillage or leakage of any hazardous material or dangerous goods fall or release from a height of any plant, substance or object damage to a boiler, pressure vessel or refrigeration plant uncontrolled explosion, fire or escape of gas or steam.

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Incident Reporting

Design of equipment and the workplace Unsuitable storage areas Congested work areas Equipment not appropriately designed for tasks Poor workstation design

Environment Inadequate lighting for the task Sun / Wind / Rain Building design and layout Poor ventilation Poor housekeeping Excessive noise

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Incident Reporting

Work methods & systems Lack of / Unclear procedures Inadequate supervision Poor communication Inadequate warning systems Substandard emergency response

Human behaviour Inadequate training Lack of understanding about how to do the job safely Stress Motivation Short cuts

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Immediate Action

If Medical Treatment is required, First Aider to attend to Injured Employee or

arrangements are to be made for Employee to attend review with medical

practitioner.

For Serious Personal Injury, Supervisor/ First Aider will call 000 for Emergency

services and employee must be accompanied to Hospital.

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When

Incident is reported to Supervisor as soon as possible after event.

Incident report form is completed and given to your Supervisor, include all

possible witness statement, photos etc.

Supervisor, Leading Hand/Team Leader, WHSR complete incident investigation

reporting their findings to management. (always ensure feedback from people at

worksite is included).

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Notifiable Incident

A notifiable incident is an incident resulting in:

a person suffering a work injury that is a serious bodily injury, including a fatality a work caused illness a dangerous event.

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When

A notifiable incident must be reported:

within 24 hours of being made aware of the incident in writing on the approved form. If the incident involves a fatality immediate notification is required. This can be done by phone or fax. Ring 1300 369915

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Who

Who is responsible for reporting an incident

The following people have a legal obligation to report particular workplaceincidents not causing death:

employers self employed persons principal contractors (at a construction workplace) electricity distribution entity.

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Who

Incidents are to be reported to your supervisor Immediately

Completed forms are to be submitted to WHSQ within 24 hours

Supervisor (deaths to be reported by phone within 2hrs) OHS Committee review

all incidents

All incidents must be reported to:

- Supervisor

- WHSR

- AFHS Management

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Why

Why do we investigate an incident?

To identify what happened, how it happened and why it happened. To identify control measures to prevent a recurrence Reduces injury rates Identifies deficiencies in the current system The Incident Investigation is not used to place blame

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Why

What to we Investigate? Incidents Near Misses Dangerous OccurrencesWho Investigates? Employee Safety Representative OHS Coordinator Department Manager Supervisor

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How

Plan the investigation Identify who must be involved Conduct the investigation at the incident scene within 24 hours of the incident

occurring Document the outcome on the report form. Photo’s should be obtained Collect statements from witnesses

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How

Determine those Factors Essential to the Incident Unsafe plant/equipment Staff not following procedures or adopting hazardous work practices? Poor housekeeping, inadequate lighting?

Contributing Factors Did the person not follow procedures? How did the hazardous conditions occur?

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How

When determining corrective actions consider: What will be most effective What will be the most cost efficient What is the quickest / easiest to implement Corrective actions should be monitored to ensure that: The desired outcome has been achieved The corrective actions have not created new problems

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Summary

Incident Report

Ensure all items are completed Pay particular attention to: Incident Type Incident Causes Corrective Action The detailed description of Accident