Reporting the Accident

The first step in developing an accident investigation system is to set up a system that allows employees to report accidents (without retribution). If employees fear for their jobs, not only will they not report accidents, they will also hide information that could possibly prevent accidents. And of course companies are obligated by law to post any reportable injury. A reportable injury is an occupational death, injury, or illness that must be recorded on OSHA Form 200, Log of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Other countries have comparable reporting systems. 

During new-employee orientation, employees should be told that they are not only empowered to report any accident they witness, it is also their duty. It should also be emphasized that the purpose of an investigation is to discover cause-and-effect relationships in the accident and to develop corrective actions. The purpose is not to assign blame but to determine how to improve system operation and reduce the chance for further errors. 

Employees also will see this as management involvement and interest in their concerns. Overall, morale can increase— not decrease—after an accident if it is handled in a professional manner. Every company will define the kinds of accident events that must be reported. Of course, local and federal laws will also determine what is reportable. 

System Safety Engineering and Risk Assessment A Practical Approach 

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Similarly, another accident occurred when metallic silver came into contact with aziridine. According to the authors of the report, the accident was interpreted by the formation of an aziridine silver derivative. Comparing this behaviour with the one of ethylene oxide when silver is present, a danger which is of the same nature is demonstrated. The interpretation that had been given at the time was based on the presence of acetylene in ethylene oxide, whose silver derivatives are very sensitive explosives. It may be that acetylene traces were present in aziridine although none of the authors mentioned such as possibility as far as we know. 

Barium sulfate seems to be a notorious substance, at least according to the popnlar press. On December 4, 2003 a traffic accident in Hungary involved a track that was transporting barium sulfate. Some of the media reported the accident and noted that a single grain of the substances could cause death. 

Table 4.2 shows the size of the problem of data reliability and under-reporting. The accident deaths and injuries are estimated to be higher than officially reported. In most ASEAN countries there is under-reporting of road accident deaths and injuries. The magnitude of under-reporting level varies from country to country and from year to year. It is shown that underreporting problem is more severe in Indonesia and the Philippines. 

If the accident results in death, serious injury or an injury that leads to an absence from work of more than three days, your employer must report the accident to the local office of the HSE. The quickest way to do this is to call the Incident Control Centre on 0845 300 9923. They will require the following information ... 

If an on-the-job accident occurs, resulting in the death of an employee or the hospitalization of three or more employees, all employers are required to report the accident in detail to the nearest OSHA office within eight hours (29 CFR 1904.8). The employer must file a report by telephone or in person to the OSHA area office or state plan office. A motor vehicle accident occurring on a public highway, not in a construction zone, does not need to be reported. 

The Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident entered into force in September 1986 (IAEA, 1987) following the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident. This Convention establishes a notification system for nuclear accidents, which have the potential for transboundary release that could be of radiological safety significance for another state. It requires states to report the accident s time, location, radiation releases, and other data essential for assessing the situation. 

Abstract The aim of this study was to review the Finnish investigation procedme for fatal accidents and to analyse four actual fatal accidents related to the transport of hazardous liquids, especially to service operations after the miloading phase. Content analysis was applied to identify the accident factors from the investigation reports. The accident factors were classified into two main classes, in which the factors related to safety cultore and safely attitudes were discussed. The accident factors were also considered according to five elements of the work system model. Finally, as in the Finnish investigation procedure, the prevention measures of accidents were presented in condensed form. 

These regulations relate to incidents connected with work and cover not only employees and the self employed but members of the public, pupils and students, hotel residents, prisoners etc. who may suffer injury or death from an accident arising from or connected with work. The responsibility for reporting the accident lies with the employer or the person in charge of the premises where the work was being carried out. 

However, in the case of damage accidents, the victim is an inanimate object, physically incapable of reporting the accident. Therefore, there is a need to develop a system by which accidental damage can be highlighted and clearly identified. 

Sometimes I think mainly because the people concerned think they are partially or perhaps wholly to blame. I have always encouraged people over a good many years to report the accidents no matter whose fault and how it occurred, mainly in case there are after-effects of the accident later on, so there is a record of it and since I have understood some years ago that records were compiled of accidents and more serious ones had to be reported to a higher authority this part of it cannot be completed unless people at the ground level where these things occur initially report them. .. What sort of proportion do you think are not reported of the total ... 

No matter what kind of injury occru-s, get medical help as soon as possible. Report the accident and take the victim to your company doctor, first aid station, or hospital emergency room. 

Collecting the information required for reporting the accident to the enforcing authorities. 

Safety Audit Results Tracking and Incorporation into SMS Incident/Accident Investigation Reporting the Accident (Internal)... 

Step 1 Preparing for the investigation. Once an accident has been reported and all personnel are safe from harm, the first report of accident (within 24 h of the accident) is submitted. The proper authorities classify the accident, an investigation board is convened, and the investigation starts. Obviously, depending on local and national laws and regulations, it may be necessary to report the accident to regulators. 

The ambivalence expressed by such writers as Wordsworth and Hawthorne was echoed in the popular press of the time. On the one hand, the fruits of the Industrial Revolution were plucked with anticipation and laid out graphically in all their succulence for the public to savor in such chronicles of the times as the Illustrated London News and Harper s Weekly. On the other hand. Harper s would report the accidents that occurred and Punch would satirize and parody the railroads. The railroads and their bridges had captured both the imagination and the fear of the public, just as airplanes would a century later. These technological advances were for Everyman and not just for kings and... 

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