INCIDENT AND ACCIDENT  INVESTIGATION  COURSE  OVERVIEW

Accident / incident Investigation course contents

• Legal and site-specific requirements for reporting and investigating workplace incidents.
• Definitions
• Procedures to be followed to effectively manage an incident in the workplace including:
– safety at the scene
– safeguarding evidence; securing the scene
– handling injured persons
– handling fatalities
– dealing with work processes
– initial reporting
• Consequences of non-compliance with legal and company-specific requirements.
• Mitigating risks and preventing accidents.
• Purpose, type and extent of information to be gathered.
• Resources for conducting investigations including documentation, human resources, tools and materials required.
• Gathering accurate and relevant information from the scene and from witnesses.
• Completing reports in the required formats including investigation reports, compensation documentation, required government departmental documentation, and organisational documentation.
• Submitting reports
• Processing physical evidence gathered during the investigation.
• Processing resources used during investigations.