Posted By steven bentham HSE have produced the above publication; does anyone have practical experience of implementing it? Was it good, bad or too much trouble? I have interest to declare in that I strongly believe that an organisation should investigate to learn and prevent further accidents AND that this should be done regardless of what the regulators may or may not do.

Posted By Derek Holt The investigation of accidents and in my opinion near misses, in order to establish root cause and then to formulate control measures to reduce the probability of a reoccurence, should be a fundamental element of any H&S MS. This is implicit in most national/international framework models, even more so if you apply a quality perspective to health and safety management. Simply put, identify the problem (non-conformance), conduct analysis, decide on a corrective action and implement. Not forgetting the feedback loop to measure effectiveness of the new action.

Posted By steven bentham Thank you for your comments.