Workshop on Advanced Incident, Accident Investigation and Reporting Writing

March 11 – 15, 2024, 1st Run: Lagos & Port Harcourt
September 9 – 13, 2024, 2nd Run: Lagos & Abuja
For Tutor -Led Class: 9am – 4:30pm
Workshop fee: N250, 000 per Participant
For online: Delivery via Zoom
Online course fee: N200,000 per Participant
Available for In-plant Training

Program overview:

Safety is of utmost importance in any industry in spite of 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). 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.

This training program is designed to provide participants with confidence and necessary professionalism to enable a thorough Accident Investigation as soon as practicable after the event.

For whom:

This program is designed for those officers who may become involved in these investigation as well as Managers wishing to have a deeper knowledge of this process and crucially how it affects the interpretation of the law, regulations and company procedures. This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit: HSE Officers, Supervisors, Inspectors, Advisors, Auditors, and Team Leaders/Managers.

Learning objectives:

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

*             acquire the knowledge and skills required to investigate all adverse events;

*             know and explain the causes of accidents and ill-health;

*             discuss the elements that combine to form an accident;

*             develop confidence & professionalism in investigating, interviewing & reporting;

*             ensure all employees & contractors are aware of the SMS and ‘Safety Culture’; and

*             apply the legal requirements and company procedures in investigations and reporting.

Course outline:

DAY 1 – Incident, Accident and Outline of Investigation Procedures

  • What are hazards, risk, Incident “and “Accident
  • Types of incidents, why do accidents happen
  • Importance of Incident / Accident Investigation
  • Legal aspects of incident/accident investigation
  • Gathering information, analyzing information
  • Deciding immediate and root causes
  • Identifying suitable control measures
  • Planning corrective actions

DAY 2 – Interviewing Witnesses and Gathering Information

  • Preparation for the interview of witnesses and other concerned persons
  • Principles of effective interviewing
    • Separation of witnesses
    • Confidentiality of information obtained
  • Collecting factual information, photographs, sketches, videos, system alarms.
    • Collection of required drawings, company policies, risk assessments,
    • training records, SOPs, Safe Systems of Work, Permit-to-Work,
    • Maintenance Records, ·need and importance of all this information
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DAY 3 –Analyzing Information, Identify Control Measures

  • How to analyze the data?
  • Finding immediate causes of incident/accident f

rom the data analysis

  • Finding root causes of incident/accident from the data analysis
  • Explanation with examples
  • How to identify suitable control measures for both

immediate and root causes,

  • Video Playback

DAY 4 – Recording and Reporting of Incidents / Accidents

  • Internal incident reporting system
    • Reporting event to the external agencies
  • Legal requirements
    • Formats for incident reporting
    • “Do’s “and “Don’ts “of effective report writing
  • Q & A session, -Mock Accident Review

DAY 5 – Mock Accident Investigation: Practical Session

  • Write down whom you will interview
  • Write down the interview questions
  • Write down what data you will collect
  • The Accident Investigation Report.
  • Your conclusion about immediate causes and root causes
  • Review and Follow-up corrective action (Optional)

Training Methodology

Lectures, discussions, exercises, case studies, audio-visual aids will be used to reinforce these teaching/learning methods.

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