Incident Accident Investigations Training

If a workplace incident in BC results in an injury, or could have caused a serious injury, both employers and WorkSafeBC have certain responsibilities. Incident investigations help identify root causes and hazards, while finding ways to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. 

Employers are responsible for conducting investigations related to incidents that happen in their workplaces and submitting employer incident investigation reports (EIIRs) to WorkSafeBC. 

Depending on the incident and how serious it is, employers may also need to immediately report the incident to WorkSafeBC. Employers are responsible for completing reports to represent the four stages of an investigation: preliminary investigation, interim corrective actions, full investigation, and full corrective actions. 

All employers in BC are required to conduct an investigation into the cause of any accident or other incident that resulted in injury to a worker that required medical aid, resulted in the death of a worker, an incident which had a major potential for causing serious injury to a worker, and involved a major structural failure. 

The purpose of an accident/incident investigation is to ensure the incident does not happen again. Our online incident investigations course will cover all information on how to effectively investigate an accident/incident starting at the accident scene. 

Topics:

• Responding to an Incident
• Incident Investigation Steps
• Collecting Facts
• Sequence of Events
• ?Determining Underlying Causes
• Reporting of Incidents to WorkSafeBC
• Preliminary Investigation Report
• Interim Corrective Action Report
• Full Investigation Report
• Full Corrective Action Report
• Critical Incidents
• Conducting Interviews & Interview Techniques
• Dealing with Emotions
• Debriefing Situations
• Critiquing Situations
• Follow Up and Report Writing
• How to Write and Investigation Report
• WorkSafeBC Applicable Regulations Review
• Responsibilities: Employer, Employee and Supervisors
• Incident and Accident Definitions
• Purpose of Conducting Incident Investigations
• Who Should Conduct the Incident Investigations
• When Should an Incident Investigation be conducted