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  1. Incident / accident investigations

    ...rther measures can be put in place. Employees claiming injury may be subject to scrutiny as to whether they were properly trained and supervised, and whether they were following safety procedures. Incident and accident investigation procedure Workplace Law has a systematic approach to undertaking accident investigations, which involves the following procedures. Examining the environment When an accident happens, whether it's in an office building or externally, e.g. on the street, environmental conditions often play a role – for example, hazardous gases, dusts or fumes; weather conditions such as sun glare, ra...

    Support | 10 Feb 2012

  2. RoSPA calls for accident investigation review

    RoSPA is today launching a new initiative to persuade employers to review the adequacy of their arrangements for investigating accidents and incidents. The society says employers need to think about policies and procedures, competencies of investigators, methods to be used and supporting resources, and that far too many companies are still ill-prepared to meet the challenges that accidents present. Roger Bibbings, RoSPA Occupati...

    News | 18 May 2005

  3. Legislation for Accident Investigation Scrapped

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will not be recommending legislation requiring employers to investigate the causes of accidents and ill-health in the workplace. Instead, they will be issuing a set of guidelines to help employers brush up on their accident investigation practices. Following consultation on proposal documents published in 1998 and 2001, the HSE found that there was overwhelming support for the principle o...

    News | 4 Feb 2003

  4. HSE Plans to Cut Back on Accident Investigation

    The HSE is planning to reduce the number of major injuries that its inspectors will investigate, and the amount of time that its inspectors will spend on the investigations that they do carry out. These plans are contained in new instructions that the HSE have sent to its inspectors. The instruction to reduce time spent on investigations is already in force throughout Britain. The plan to reduce the number of investigations is being piloted in the North West of Eng...

    News | 12 Aug 2003

  5. New HSE Guidance on Accident Investigation

    The HSE has published new guidance on investigating accidents and incidents, including near misses. The guidance, Investigating accidents and incidents – a workbook for employers, unions, safety representatives and safety professionals, was prepared in consultation with industry, unions and health and safety professional bodies. It is intended as a firs...

    News | 12 Jul 2004

  6. accidents at work

    ...ara, yes. It is important to record all accidents and near misses as this enables trends to be identified and appropriate action taken. A splinter injury today could lead to an infection tomorrow with far reaching consequences. Never wait and see what might develope from an injury before reporting. Accident investigations are an important step in reducing accidents.

    Comment | 9 Feb 2009

  7. Frequent accidents

    Return to work interviews are highly recommended. You need to identify whether or not this person has been suitably trained to do the job you are expecting him to do. If each of the occasions that he has had an accident have resulted in a robust accident investigation, this should give an indication as to why he continues to have accidents at work. The majority of these accidents, if they have involved hospitalisation for more than 24 hours, are RIDDOR reportable. In this instance be prepared for a visit from yo...

    Comment | 30 Nov 2007

  8. Biggest Cause of Site Accidents is Getting to the 'Workface'

    The biggest single cause of construction accidents is simply getting to the 'workface', with most accidents occurring when either walking across sites, handling materials or moving to the workface, according to two new research projects. The research also suggests that design changes could have prevented accidents or lessened their severity i...

    News | 24 Oct 2003

  9. Road traffic accident reporting

    A very common-sense suggestion from Philip. As part of their standard accident investigation procedures, the police ask for the journey purpose - i.e. business, commuting, personal, etc. It should be a simple thing to extend this to HSE notification. However, given that there is a current HSC Discussion Document which states that "HSE does not treat occupational road related...

    Comment | 2 Sep 2005

  10. HSE Plans to Cut Back on Accident Investigation

    I feel completely sorry for the field inspectors. They appaer to be getting pulled from one strategy to another. It also causes confusion in the safety industry when we are giving out confused messages. No wonder the media mock until safety goes wrong! Working within Local Government as a safety pr

    Comment | 28 Aug 2003

  11. Two HSE prosecutions following accidents with machinery

    The HSE has reported two separate prosecutions for breaches of the Provision of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Allevard Springs Ltd was prosecuted for failing to adequately prevent the risk of injury to employees using machinery after Steven Rowe was seriously injured while operating a machine at

    Case | 6 Feb 2012

  12. Management failings highlighted following serious accident

    Poor operator training and a failure of management to deal with a major accident at work, led to a seriously injured man being driven to hospital after breaking his neck. The forklift driver broke his neck when a computer cabinet he was loading on to a trailer fell on him. Barry Hill, 60, was operating the truck at Palletways (UK) Ltd, Fradley Distribution Park, when he notice...

    Case | 9 Jan 2012

  13. Bus company prosecuted for apprentice’s accident

    A bus operator has been sentenced for safety breaches after a teenage apprentice was trapped under a 14 tonne bus when its air suspension failed. Ben Burgin, who was then 17, needed restorative plastic surgery to his nose and eye socket following the incident at Stagecoach Yorkshire's garage in Wak

    Case | 13 Dec 2011

  14. Investigation launched after gate-related death

    An investigation has been launched after an accident in which a man died. He is believed to have become trapped by a gate. Emergency services were called to the scene at Agincourt Street, Newport at five a.m. yesterday. It is understood that the 42-year-old man was making a delivery to a wholesalers when the accident happened. Gwent Police is leadi...

    News | 27 Oct 2011

  15. Investigation launched into fatal mining accident

    An investigation has been launched into the tragedy which last week killed four men at a Swansea Valley mine. Garry Jenkins, 39, David Powell, 50, Phillip Hill, 45, and Charles Breslin, 62 died when the mine shaft flooded at Gleision Colliery last week. Three miners managed to escape. The Wales Of

    News | 19 Sep 2011

  16. Joint investigation launched into fatal accident

    Merseyside Police is leading a joint investigation with the HSE into a fatal industrial accident at the weekend.   Officers were called to the Sonae site on Moss Lane, Knowsley Industrial Park, shortly before 11am on Saturday 6 August, by the Mersey Fire and Rescue Service.   On arrival they found 62-year-old James Dennis Kay with serious injuries. He died at the scene shortly after the ...

    Case | 11 Aug 2011

  17. Chevron refinery blast investigation expected to be lengthy

    ...ites and our local community in Pembroke, we have received a huge number of messages of condolence and offers of support, for which we are extremely grateful and touched.”   Angela Burns, Assembly member for Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire, said: “Obviously the causes of this terrible accident are unclear and I have been very uncomfortable about some of the rumours and speculation that are circulating. I welcome the inquiry being conducted by Chevron and I know that the Police, Health and Safety and the Environment Agency will be conducting inquiries of their own. What is crucial is that...

    News | 7 Jun 2011

  18. Call for more radical approach to accident reporting

    In its response to a consultation on the future of RIDDOR, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has called for a more radical approach to how accidents in Britain’s workplaces are recorded.   Rather than merely changing the threshold at which RIDDOR reports must be made to the HSE, RoSPA suggests that a greater focus should be on employers’ duties to record and investigate inj...

    News | 21 Apr 2011

  19. Proposals to Make Employers Pay for Hospital Bills from At-work Accidents

    ... for companies that hire out equipment in terms of ensuring the hiree has the correct competence to use the equipment in a safe manner. If a person was using the equiopment in an unsafe manner and was injuried he then could try to sue the equipment hire company. This would be a nighmare problem for accident investigation especially if that equipment is moved around the country.

    Comment | 16 Sep 2002

  20. Investigation launched as four die in industrial accident

    ...he site yesterday. "This is a distressing time for the families of those who sadly lost their lives and our thoughts go out to them." Home Office post mortem examinations to determine the cause of death will take place today. Richard Howitt, Labour MEP for the East of England, said that the accident was “a deadly example of why plans to lift health and safety protection should be halted”.

    Case | 24 Jan 2011

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