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Posted By Tim S
Does anybody stipulate in their Accident & Incident reporting policy a specific period for reporting accidents i.e. 24hours or do they (like we do) simply state that accidents must be reported as soon as practicable?
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Posted By Raymond Rapp
Tim
I have just completed a report where I have recommended that accidents and incidents by contractors should be reported immediately, a summary report must be provided within 24hrs and a full report (if required) within 5 working days.
I believe in most cases the above is reasonable and achievable. Contractors need to be aware of their obligations, otherwise problems can and do arise.
Ray
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Posted By Brando
Tim
Reporting we state "immediately" - basically stop what you are doing ( if safe to do so ) and report so that the scene can be investigated.
Investigations must be presented to me within 24 hours ( even if not complete ).
Brando
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Posted By D H
It was also a requirement in my last place of work that if any incident / or dangerous occurence during a shift, the senior supervisor on that shift had to file a written report on the incident before leaving site.
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Posted By Pete48
Tim, have a limited time frame for reporting all such events. "ASAP but no later than next working day" is a common one but many have tighter than that as others have said.
Then put time controls on the start of the investigation as well. "ASAP but first investigation report no later than 48 hours after report received". Build in interim report time frames to cover the more complex ones. e.g report every 7 days until investigation complete.
In one multi-national company I worked for, certain types of more serious accident reports and first investigation reports had to be on the desk (desktop) of the CEO by the next morning and he was in the USA!
So at least we had about 5 hours more than if he had been in the UK but it did focus the mind of responsible managers quite sharply :)
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Posted By Tim S
Thanks all for your responses. I like the idea of the report being on the CEO's desk the next morning, Our head office is in Italy (but they probably wouldn't know what to do with it anyway - note the frustration creeping in!)
I'm going to take all your comments on board and certainly modify our policy.
Tim
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