Historically, occupational health and safety has had a tendency to focus on fixing the worker in order to prevent accidents and incidents from occurring. Modern research has led safety professionals to adopt a broader perspective, one that includes the entire organization – from the management systems and its operations to supervisors and staff. This course looks at the interconnected relationships between the various roles in the organization and examines how each can contribute to an accident or incident or prevent them from occurring.

In spite of all our best efforts, accidents and incidents occasionally occur. These unplanned or undesired events can adversely affect a company’s work operations and may include work-related injuries, occupational illnesses, property damage, spills and fires. Critically all incidents should therefore be thoroughly investigated demonstrating a proven company-wide process of efficiency and effectiveness linked to the Safety Management System (SMS). The more serious the incident the more extensive the investigation.

However, even a minor incident or near-miss incident also requires a thorough investigation as this may reveal significant potential for a serious future incident should the conditions be left uncorrected. While incidents seem to happen for obvious reasons, there may be things that contribute to an accident which are not always immediately apparent. Attendance on this elearning training course will provide you with the confidence and necessary professionalism to enable a thorough Accident Investigation as soon as practicable after the event.

This course is broadly divided onto 2 units that comprehensively deal with the best practices involved during an accident/incident investigation.