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