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Posted By Ronan
We had an unfortunate accident in our factory yesterday when one of our female employees caught her foot in a trestle and tripped, she fractured her leg in two places. On examining the sight of the accident, i have come to the conclusion that it really was a 'freak' accident.
I have interviewed those who were first on the scene and assisted the lady. I have taken pictures of the scene and intend to make some recommendations that should be implemented in the event of such an occurence happening again.
Can anyone advise me of any further action I should take. I intend to inform the HSE later today. How do the HSE view such accidents?
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Posted By J Knight
Hi Ronan,
HSE are having a bit of a campaign on slips and trips at the moment; we have certainly hade more follow-ups from LA inspectors in our Charity Shops than is usual (LACORS is working with HSE on this particular campaign). In other words a visit could well be possible following your notification,
John
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Posted By Merv Newman
Ronan,
please understand that I am not being critical, nor sarcastic, but "freak accident" ?
Would it be possible for you to share a few details of your analysis of the accident causes ?
Cordialement (not being fruity)
Merv
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Posted By Descarte
Slips trips and falls are one of the biggest cuases of injuries in the work place, as long as you have correctly identified the cause and have actions in place to make sure it dosnt happen again in this area and other similar areas around your site I dont think they will have any issues to bring with you. Though the the injury does sound quite severe, I presume she was wearing the correct shoes etc...?
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Posted By Les Fullwood
Hi,
I agree with the comments about ensuring that the cause of the accident has been identified and that an action plan has been formulated to address the issue. Always important to remember that if the HSE visit they would normally ask to look at your risk assessments which should address slips, trips, falls. Has anybody reported that the trestle was a potential trip hazard before? Has there been any other accidents? These are all questions the HSE might ask.
Les
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Posted By Crim
"caught her foot in a trestle" - I would need further information before advising but just to say that if you can identify and remove the cause so that it cannot happen again and have all necessary documents available the HSE will probably accept is as an accident with no further action?
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Like Merv the word freak troubles me - There are more blue moons than freak accidents.
Bob
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Posted By Ronan
Sorry when I say 'freak' i mean the injury was much more severe than one might invisage.
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Posted By GT
Hi Ronan,
HSE would view this dimly. In fairness they consistently promote and provide sufficient information in trying to prevent trips, slips and falls which, are large contributors to the accident statistics.
What else should you do:
Establish through investigation why the trestle was on the route.
Look at the risk assessment for the use of the trestle or the job it was being used for.
These should give you an idea as to what needs to be done to prevent a similar accident occuring within your company.
Present your recommendations to the Management.
Trust this helps to answer your questions.
Regards
GT
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Posted By Ian Langston
Hi Ronan,
I run the IOSH Accident Investigation Courses. What concerns me here is that there appears to be no mention of causal failure or psychological precursors. In practice I can number on one hand the 'freak accidents' I have come across. Usually they can be cited but seldom does anyone ever have any actual experience of them. Given the brief details you have posted I feel that this is likely to be anything but a 'freak' accident and will likely have a full causal failure process that will still be operating unless identified and dealt with.
Please get in touch if you need any assistance.
Best wishes,
Ian Langston
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Posted By Ron Impey
Hi Ronan,
There doesn't seem to be any mention so far of having the witnesses to the accident provide formal signed statements in their own words, compliant with the Woolf Report, e.g. with a confirmation that the facts are true.
It's a wise move to have these, even in circumstances such as you describe.
Apologies if you already have the appropriate arrangements as part of your procedures.
Ron
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