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Incident Reporting Procedure
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This Incident Reporting and Investigation program describes responsibilities and procedures for reporting and investigating incidents / near-miss incidents.
Reporting procedures include spills, releases, injuries, occupational illnesses, equipment or property damage, transportation incidents, fires or explosions and security issues
The intent of investigations shall be to determine the causes of incidents and to make corrective and preventive actions to prevent similar incidents.
This procedure shall be initiated immediately after the incident situation is under control.
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Incident –
◦ Any unplanned event or near miss occurring inside the
facility boundaries affecting employees, processes,
contractor employees, or visitors. Off-site events
involving Company products or equipment in transit or at
customer sites shall also be considered incidents.
Incident Owner –
◦ The manager, supervisor or designated person
responsible for the facility, area or activity where the
incident occurred.
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OSHA Recordable Cases –
◦ All work related illnesses and deaths, and those work
related injuries which result in:
◦ Loss of consciousness,
◦ Restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or
require medical treatment beyond first aid and/or use of
prescription medications.
Initial Notification–
◦ A brief communication providing basic details of an
incident
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Investigation Team –
◦ The Investigation Team consists of personnel who shall
investigate and analyze the incident.
◦ If an incident involves contractor personnel, then non-
involved contractor employees may be included as team
members.
◦ Management personnel knowledgeable of investigation
methodologies and techniques shall be included in the
incident investigation.
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First Aid –
◦ Any treatment and subsequent observation of minor
scratches, cuts, burns, splinters, and so forth, which do
not ordinarily require medical care or use of prescription
medications. Such treatment and observation are
considered first aid even though provided by a physician
or registered professional personnel.
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All personnel are responsible for:
◦ Notifying their immediate supervisor of all incidents
immediately.
◦ Participate in generating the initial notification
◦ Participating in incident investigations as needed.
◦ Participate in generating the investigation report
◦ Completing corrective and preventive actions as
assigned.
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Facility Manager or Shift Leader, or Control Room Operator is responsible for:◦ Being the Incident Owner for all incidents that occur
within their area of responsibility.◦ Documenting initial incident details.◦ Contacting regulatory agencies if necessary.◦ Assigning personnel to the incident investigation team.◦ Leading and conducting incident investigations.◦ Communicating with Maintenance when design issues or
equipment failures may be involved in the incident.◦ Defining and recommending corrective and preventive
actions.◦ Verifying all corrective and preventative actions assigned
during the incident investigation are completed. ◦ Communicate to employees incident summaries.
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An Incident Investigation shall begin immediately after
securing the scene.
If the area is quarantined, the investigation shall not
commence until release of the quarantine.
Documents associated with the incident should be attached
to incident file.
The Investigation Team shall produce an Investigation
report including corrective and preventive actions.
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Report Approval & Closure
◦ An Incident Report is ready for approval and closure when
the investigation is completed, the root cause has been
identified and corrective actions have been implemented.
◦ The Facility Manager is responsible for final closure of the
incident record.
Incident Reporting ProcedureReport
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An effective incident investigation starts before an incident
occurs with a well designed investigation procedure. The
following information will provide guidance when conducting
an investigation.
ORGANIZE AN INVESTIGATION TEAM.
◦ As few as two or as many as four employees.
◦ The size of the team may vary based on the type of incident.
◦ Must include at least one employee of supervisor responsibility.
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ASSEMBLE AN INVESTIGATION KIT.
◦ This kit may include a camera, paper/pens, reporting forms and
any information such as notes on investigation.
SECURE THE ACCIDENT SCENE.
◦ Asses the situation to prevent additional accidents from
occurring based on hazards.
◦ Attend to any immediate medical emergencies.
◦ Preserve any evidence at the scene. DO NOT ENTER AN
ACCIDENT SCENE UNTIL IT HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR SAFETY.
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◦ Identify and collect evidence –
This must be done quickly.
◦ Identify contributing factors –
Can include procedure violations or employee
knowledge.
◦ Photograph the accident scene –
Take pictures necessary to reconstruct the scene. Take
close and long range.
◦ Sketch the accident scene –
Will provide information that a photo will not.
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◦ Write notes –
Notes should be written as soon as possible while information
is fresh. Consider who, what, when, where, how and why.
◦ Interview affected parties or witnesses –
Prepare interview questions. Ask questions but let the
employees describe their observations. Take notes during the
interview. Get facts, don’t assign blame or criticize. Don’t
focus on expense of the damages or legal issues. End the
interview on a positive note.
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REVIEW ALL EVIDENCE.
◦ This will include all information collected
DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE.
◦ To determine the root cause, you must first identify
contributing factors (symptoms). As an example, an
employee’s action may have caused the accident, but
why did the employee perform this action.
◦ This could have been the result of procedural violations
or lack of training.
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DEVELOP CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS.
◦ A root cause may be a mechanical problem or personnel
issue.
◦ Corrective and preventive actions are implemented to
eliminate or reduce the chance of another accident.
◦ Actions are determined by the following methods; input
from employees, hazard assessments, safety
committees.
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COMMUNICATE RESULTS.
◦ To effectively communicate the findings of the
investigation, a final report must be completed.
◦ The Company will communicate investigation reports
through a safety meeting.
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