Posted By Robert K Lewis Margaret If you don't do the required mods you may be accused of complacency - as long as you are not impeding any investigation. As a total pedant which many people know - the actual words in broad management terms are: Correction- Puting right the known faults at the place of the incident Corrective Action - Puting right the system faults which allowed the problem to develop and modify other similar equipment before another incident occurs Preventive Action - Taking action to prevent an incident before a problem has arisen. This is often essentially a blue sky look (I hate that phrase though) which identifies the changes in knowledge and practice etc which may have an impact before anything has gone wrong. The last one causes a lot of problems as people like to think they are being proactive in preventing a further incident when they are in fact reacting to an incident that has occurred and are thus reactive. Bob

Posted By Steve Langston Hi Margaret, From a claim point of view ,check with your insurance company that neither they or the claimants solicitors wish to conduct a technical investigation. From a pure health and safety view, if you have identified the machine requires modifications for health and safety reasons and do not take action and a further injury occurs you are likely to be held responsible for the second incident as you had "prior knowledge of a risk". (even if your company successfully defend the first claim). Personally I would contact my insureres and TELL THEM I was modifying the machine and that I would take photos and measurements before and after the modification, and ask if they have got any problems with this course of action. Hope this helps Steve