Accident Investigation
- Accident investigation course focuses on learning from accidents to improve safety.
- Course designed for first line managers, Health and Safety Advisers, and interested parties.
- Emphasizes establishing causes over assigning blame for accidents.
- Effective investigation involves early witness interviews and scene examination.
- Attendees learn to identify true accident costs and suggest prevention measures.
Overview
Accident Investigation Training focuses on teaching first-line managers, Health and Safety Advisers, and others how to apply recognized investigation techniques to improve workplace safety. The course emphasizes establishing the cause of accidents rather than assigning blame, involving all interested parties, and conducting thorough investigations. Participants will learn to identify accident costs, causes, and make effective recommendations to prevent re-occurrence. Topics include economic implications, accident causation models, managing accident scenes, analyzing facts, and post-investigation procedures. This one-day course aims to enhance accident investigation skills for those involved in or assisting with investigations.
Who should attend
Managers, Health and Safety Advisers
Course Content
Overview
The difference between a minor injury and a serious injury is often a matter of chance. The main purpose of an accident investigation is for companies to learn from situations that can be improved. Caring companies will have a policy requiring as many accidents as possible, whether causing serious injury or not, to be investigated and reported. This course has been specifically designed to raise awareness in first line managers, Health and Safety Advisers, or other interested parties, the benefits in applying recognised investigation techniques.
The right attitude towards accident investigation is that of establishing the cause rather than apportioning blame, one way of helping to eliminate this is to involve and make the facts available to as many of those interested parties as possible. Developing the right attitude and ensuring a complete in-depth investigation, and making the proper recommendations is crucial in making a safer working environment. An effective accident investigation will require early interviewing of witnesses and an early examination of the scene of the accident. By achieving both of these aims, it will assist in identifying accurately the causes of accidents and lead to clear conclusions and recommendations.
Who Should Attend?
Those who are required to carry out or assist in Accident Investigations.
Benefits to you and your Organisation
On completion, delegates will be better able to:
- Identify the true cost of accidents.
- Recognise the multiple causes of accidents.
- Effective accident investigations.
- Assist in reports and suggest recommendations to interested parties to minimise re-occurrence.
Course Content
- The Triangle of Loss
- Economic implications
- Models of Accident and Incident Causation
- Immediate and underlying causes
- Organisational/root causes
- Human error
- Violation
- Making recommendations
- Objectives of Investigation
- purpose of accident investigation
- underlying and cultural issues
- Influence on safety culture
- Involvement
- Managing the Accident Scene
- Priorities
- Gathering information
- Timing
- Interviewing
- Witness statements
- Physical evidence
- Analysing the facts
- Record keeping
- Post investigation
Course Duration:1 Day
Cost: £250 + VAT
Accident Investigation Training Scotland, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and onsite courses available throughout the UK.
