Incident reporting is the process of capturing, recording, and managing an incident occurrence such as in injury, property damage, or security incident.
All incidents should be reported to management immediately.
All workplace incidents should be reported, documented, and investigated. This includes any situation in which:
• An employee was injured or died. •
Property or equipment damage occurred. • An employee became ill while at work due to a reaction of workplace conditions. • Any other person (not an
employee) was injured or became ill as a result of actions caused by the company or an employee. • An employee was in a motor vehicle accident while
driving for their job. • A near-miss occurred that could have resulted in injury, death, or property damage.
An Incident Investigation Form is to be completed by the staff involved in the incident that occurred or it might be completed by a safety manager on their behalf. Incident reports should be completed immediately after any near miss, unexpected, awareness, or adverse events have occurred.
Importance of Incident Reporting • It
prevents severe accidents when safety issues are identified and fixed before they become more significant problems. • It saves time and resources
that could otherwise be spent dealing with more severe accidents. • Boosts the overall well-being of every worker in the organization. • Protects the organization against non-compliance issues associated with health and safety regulations. • Reporting incidents helps the organization to keep track of the trends, patterns and discover anomalies. • Improves other health and safety measures in the worksite, such as reporting potential hazards and risk assessments. • Creates a robust health and safety culture in the organization. • It helps the management know the significant problems in the workplace and develop improved processes and safe procedures for workers.
