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Trainer Profile

Qualifications

Qualification 1
Qualification 2
Qualification 3

Work Experience

Work Experience 1
Work Experience 2
Work Experience 3

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Training Content

What is an Accident?
Accident Consequences
Objectives
Why an Accident Investigation Is Conducted?
Preparations for an Accident Investigation
Conduct an Accident Investigation
Examples of an Accident Causes
Types of Causes

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What is an Accident?

An accident is an unplanned, and unwanted event, resulting in mishap including injury, property, as well as fiscal loss.
Accidents usually occur due to;

Failure of the people
Use of fallible equipment
Failure of the machinery
Working in an unexpected environment

Once an accident occurs, there are consequences of different severity.

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Accident Consequences

Direct Consequences

Personal Injury
Death
Property Loss

Indirect Consequences

Lost Income
Reputation Loss
Medical Expenses
Product Loss
Legal Action Expense
Training of Newly Inducted Worker

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Accident has two types of the consequences which are divided into 2 basic categories as listed below.

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Objectives

Explaining the meaning and impact of the accident investigation;
Identification of different types of the accident causes;
Identify the purpose of the accident investigation;
Explain how to conduct an accident investigation;
How to document the accident investigation;

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Why an Accident Investigation is Conducted?

Determine the sequence of the events leading to an accident;
Identify the cause of an accident;
Check if the existing controls are sufficient;
Identify and suggest new controls to prevent recurrence;

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Preparations for an Accident Investigation

Develop and present an accident investigation policy;
Develop and implement an accident investigation procedure;
Organize an accident investigation team with relevant skills, training, experience and resources;
Routinely audit the incident investigation policy and procedure to ensure;

Workers are aware of their roles and responsibilities
System is implementing previous suggested controls

It must be ensured, the employee assigned the investigation responsibility is trained, experienced, has knowledge of the work activity.
During accident investigation previous records should be consulted as well;

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Conducting an Accident Investigation

Visit the site for evidences collection;
Interview the primary witness (victim);
If primary victim is not available, interview the secondary witness (nearby worker) present on the worksite;
Check and view the CCTV/ Area Monitoring Camera Videos;
Review the evidences, and previous maintenance reports of the involved equipment;
Review the work procedures and method statements for any kind of deficiency;
Document all important notes before making any change in the worksite and work procedure;

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Conducting an Accident Investigation

Make documented observations on;

Pre-accident conditions
Accident event sequence
Post-accident conditions

Document the facts consisting of;

Location
Witness statement
Contributing factors

establish the chronological sequence of events leading to the accident
Establish the Cause of the accident

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Examples of Accident Causes

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Basic Cause	Indirect Cause	Direct Cause
No oversight	Securement failure	Hit by moving object
Poor maintenance	Insufficient Guarding	Fall from height
Policies	Improper usage of tool	Entrapment/ Entanglement
Training deficiency	Ergonomics	Exertion
Work load & stress	Environmental problems	Contact with
Engineering problems	Defect	Impact

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Revision Summary

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