Incident investigation employees

VII Recovery Procedures Procedures that explain the necessary actions following the response to the emergency. These include Incident investigation, employee support, community coordination, critiques, decontamination and recovery operations. 

Case 3. Employee participation at a farm machinery manufactnrer of 675 employees includes active membership on several committees and subcommittees. Members change on a voluntary, rotational basis. Committees conduct routine plant-wide inspections and incident investigations. Employees also are involved in conducting training on a variety of safety and health topics. Maintenance employees are revising the preventive maintenance program. 

Employees in the process area where the incident occurred should be consulted, interviewed, or made members of the team. Their knowledge of the events represents a significant set of facts about the incident that occurred. The report, its findings, and recommendations should be shared with those who can benefit from the information. The cooperation of employees is essential to an effective incident investigation. The focus of the investigation should be to obtain facts, and not to place blame. The team and the investigative process should clearly deal with all involved individuals in a fair, open, and consistent manner. 

Amendments to the Clean Air Act require employer-employees consultation to develop and implement PSM program elements and hazard assessments. Section 304 requires employee training and education on the findings of PSM incident investigations. 

The results of environmental monitoring exercises will be influenced by a variety of variables including the objectives of the study, the sampling regime, the technical methods adopted, the calibre of staff involved, etc. Detailed advice about sampling protocols (e.g. where and when to sample, the volume and number of samples to collect, the use of replicates, controls, statistical interpretation of data, etc.) and of individual analytical techniques are beyond the scope of this book. Some basic considerations include the following, with examples of application for employee exposure and incident investigation. 

Consider having one incident reporting system with one approach for teaching employees the definition of a near miss and with one approach for doing incident investigations including one approach for root cause analysis. 

Other participants can be involved in a full time or in a limited consulting role depending on the nature of the incident, ft is important to include people who know what actually happens in the field—not just what is supposed to happen. The team selection should be able to withstand third party scrutiny such as that of employees, departments, union representatives, community groups, and legal. Some companies include trade union safety representatives in the incident investigation. Positions to consider include ... 

Incident investigation involves varying levels of photographic expertise. For most minor incidents, the team or a company employee can adequately meet the photographic needs. Incidents that are more serious require an experienced individual, such as a forensic specialist, who systematically documents the scene, equipment involved, damage, evidence collection, and position data. For specialized photographic needs, the services of a professional commercial photographer or other specialists are necessary and are justified. Examples of such needs include ... 

AAdienever an investigation reveals an employee action worthy of commendation, the incident investigation team should point this out in their comments. Cool rational actions in the middle of an emergency often limit the consequences of an incident. Those employees who demonstrate this type of response should he recognized and commended. 

An incident investigation team shall be established and consist of at least one person knowledgeable in the process involved, including a contract employee if the incident involved work of a contractor, and other persons with appropriate knowledge and experience to thoroughly investigate and analyze the incident. 

Methods, systems, and procedures for ensuring the occupational health of employees Emergency response including controls, personnel evacuation, escape, and rescue Incident investigation and reporting, corrective and follow-up action The method of performance review and audit including review in the light of external... 

The register should coutaiu iDformation as to how and where the hazard was identified. Typically this will be a hazards analysis, but the information may come from other sources such as incident investigations or employee observations. 

Thorough incident investigation and follow through with remedial actions support a culture that gives importance to safety. Poorly done incident investigations give employees reasons to doubt management s sincerity with respect to safety. 

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