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DFH  
#1 Posted : 11 December 2014 12:10:52(UTC)
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DFH
I am updating my companies 'Fatal Accident Protocol' and am looking for advice on the bit about liaising with the deceased's family, especially if it is an employee. HSE/Police etc. don't have anything I can find. I'd appreciate anything you might have, eg. Who visits the family, do they go alone, is it personal or procedural, do they go with the Police / Police family liaison etc? thanks - Happy Christmas!
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aland76  
#2 Posted : 11 December 2014 12:54:28(UTC)
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aland76
PM your email and I'll send our fatality procedure over, you can pull what you need from it :) Alan
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hopeful  
#3 Posted : 12 December 2014 11:30:32(UTC)
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hopeful
We are instructed that this is totally an HR procedure and duty and no one else should get involved
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aland76  
#4 Posted : 12 December 2014 11:51:15(UTC)
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Hopeful wrote:
We are instructed that this is totally an HR procedure and duty and no one else should get involved
Hi Hopeful, this is fine if your company has a robust HR team, not all companies have this though. Our company is light on HR so I help fulfil this role as required, including the development of employee fatality policy/procedures, I am guessing DFH is in a similar position to me. Hopefully the effectiveness of this policy will never require testing! Alan
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JohnW  
#5 Posted : 12 December 2014 12:15:26(UTC)
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HSE have a role to play in liaison with bereaved: http://www.hse.gov.uk/en...vestigation.htm#P38_6229
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DFH  
#6 Posted : 12 December 2014 20:07:59(UTC)
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DFH
Hopeful wrote:
We are instructed that this is totally an HR procedure and duty and no one else should get involved
We are not a large company so SHE, HR, etc are able to work closely together on protocols. I' d be interested in your HR procedure if you're able to share. ta
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