Weekly Safety Meeting

For The Construction Industry

Incident Investigation and Reporting

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Immediate notification of all work-related incidents is required regardless of severity.

IN CASE OF A LIFE THREATENING INJURY CALL 911

LIFE THREATENING INJURIES ARE THOSE THAT INVOLVE:

Ø LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Ø OBVIOUS LONGBONE FRACTURES
Ø AIRWAY COMPROMISE
Ø POSSIBILITY OF TRAUMATIC NECK OR BACK INJURY
Ø BREATHING DIFFICULTY
Ø CIRCULATORY COMPROMISE
Ø LARGE BURNS

ALL OTHER INJURIES:

ON-SITE HEALTH & SAFETY will be called by a member of the Safety Department. Onsite will evaluate and treat or determine if a visit to the clinic is needed.

INVESTIGATION PROCESS

Immediate supervisors of injured/ill employee(s) are responsible for collecting and preserving information that will be used to complete the investigation report. All information including written data, diagrams, witness statements, and/or pictures shall be forwarded to the safety department within 24 hours and will be included in the final report by the Safety Department.

All possible questions regarding the accident should be answered, and the corrective actions to prevent a recurrence should be listed. The following questions will be asked to complete the report:

• Who was involved?
• When?
• Where Did the Accident Occur?
• How Did the Accident Occur?
• What Happened?
• Why Did the Accident Occur? (Root Cause)

NOTE: It is important to remember that an accident investigation is not a trial to find fault or blame. The purpose is to find accident causes so that similar accidents may be prevented by physical or mechanical improvement or employee training and motivation.

An incident is defined as: “any event that requires investigation, either due to the harm it
SAFETY REMINDER
caused to people, the environment, property, or potential harm it could have caused”.

Employee Safety Recommendations:

Meeting Attended By:

Supervisor's Signature

These instructions do not supersede local, state, or federal regulations.

Therma

Safety Training

Site

Topic

Instructor

Date Title

PRINT NAME

SIGN NAME

C:\Users\lrolen\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\9L1NGO3K\Safety outlines backside.doc Date: 8/31/2015 8:21:57 AM/
Created by mscott