Posted By Peter Clement We wish to make our current paper-based "event" [i.e. accident, near-miss, dangerous occurence and work-related ill-health] recording and reporting system electronic. Has anybody introduced such a system which they have found to be successful and could recommned us to investigate further? Many thanks Peter Clement

Posted By David A Jones I thought Q-pulse is a document management system not an electronic accident reporting system. There are quite a few off the shelf systems, but many of these have limitations from my experience - however, you can get ones that can be tailored to your own particular needs. It also depends on how complex a system you want - the simplest involves email electronic versions of reporting forms to a central location, but you can go all the way to the all singing all dancing 'on-line' systems that will crunch all the data and produce statistics and statutory reports, log investigations and actions etc. The system you use will depend very much on the resources you have available - but whichever way you go, you need to have some checks on the accuracy of the input data - you wouldn't believe what some people think dangerous occurrences are despite guidance and training being provided.

Posted By Dave Dowan Hi Peter We use National Britannia Telephone accident /incident reporting line. It is easy for our staff to use (a 0800 number). The manager of the injured person and one of our safety advisors get an email after the phoned in report so all are kept in the loop. In addition management has access to all accident records online. We also get a monthly report which breaks down accidents into trends etc. It is a very good simple method of accident/ incident reporting and recording. I recommend you give it a look Regards Dave

Posted By Stupendous Man Peter, My own experience suggests that any 'off the shelf' system, even if tailored will fail to provide what you want. I am a great believer in making the investment in developing a system in-house, and I have seen some very useful systems designed using a basic package such as MS Access. Having in-house expertiese also helps when considering changes or updates.

Posted By Kathy Smith Hi there I also work in the healthcare sector (ambulance service) and a number of trusts are starting to use electronic (web-based)reporting systems which employees can use to report instead of paper-based systems. We have a system called Sentinel (developed by Vantage Technologies in Sheffield) which lends itself to full electronic reporting. You may want to contact them on 0114 247 9500. Regards

Posted By David You may want to contact STS in Hull on 01482 581832 (Norma Dent) they have an excellent web based toolkit for you complete with Risk Assessments and Task Manager etc. It is used by PLC and International companies, It was developed by a safety person to ensure it is simple and easy to use.

Posted By Matthew Brazil The Wellworker system from Optima Diagnostics is used by many companies, if you forward me your contact details I can get some info sent to you, it may be of help.

Posted By Gary Watts Hi. Just developing a bespoke accident tracking system for a client in MS Access. I have scoped the project and an IT database developer is putting the clever bits together including a web enabled HTML interface. It links into Sage payroll so all the employee information can be relatively simply pre-populated if you running this software. If you send me your e mail adress I can arrange to send a demo out My contact info is Gary@degreesofrisk.com 07740 706060