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Unit 1, Assignment 3 - Reporting & Recording Accidents & Incidents (P7, P8, D2)
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Unit 1 Reporting & Recording Accidents & Incidents Assignment 3In this section of work, I will be explaining the principles behind the reporting of
accidents, incidents & near misses; I will also be describing why it’s important that
engineering organisations have a health & safety reporting system.
With the principles behind the reporting of accidents, incidents & near misses, it is
essential that whenever these happen, we know who to report to. Only the responsible
people, including employers, self-employed & people in control of work premises
should submit reports under RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases & Dangerous
Occurrence Regulations). Moreover, only people who have duties under RIDDOR can
use this reporting system, so this means that members
of the public, injured individuals cannot report to this
system. However, there are several ways to make a
RIDDOR report, such as:
- Reporting online, where the responsible person
completes a report that is acquiesced straight to the
RIDDOR databank.
- Reported through a telephone service for fatal,
specific & most important incidents only, & the
number is 0845 300 9923; you will only reach someone at the opening times of
8:30 to 17:00 from Monday to Friday.
- Reporting by filling in paper forms, but this is obsolete as people prefer to fill in
forms online as it is more efficient.
The importance of reporting is that some events have legal requirements; it notifies
the imposing establishments about deaths, injuries, work-related diseases & unsafe
happenings. This means that the authorities can identify where & how risks rise, &
whether they need to be investigated; this also lets them aim their work & provide
advice about how to avoid work related incidence.
There are a few incidences that must be reported to RIDDOR for any action to take
place, like occupational diseases, which is essentially any enduring illness that has
developed from work. Another incidence that must be reported is specified injuries to
workers, & this is basically where the injury is detailed, for i.e. burn injuries
(including scalding) that “cover more than 10% of the whole body’s total surface
area”. A few others I will just mention are: deaths & injuries caused by occupational
accidents, carcinogens mutagens & biological agents, unsafe incidents & gas
occurrences.
P7 Fahim Mohammed
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