Incident Investigation Training

The Labour Force Survey highlighted that 581,000 working people have sustained an injury at work. Incident investigation is carried out in order to determine the root cause of an Incident so to prevent reoccurrence of incidents of a similar kind.

What is Incident investigation training?

This one-day Incident investigation training course will give you a broad understanding of the incident investigation process, looking at the benefits of incident prevention and putting the emphasis on practical training exercises and real-life case studies.

Who is the training suitable for?

Training is suitable for managers, supervisors, safety representatives – and anyone with the responsibility for investigating incidents. It will enable your company to meet their moral and legal obligations to investigate incidents and incidents and learn from any safety failures.

What does Incident investigation training cover?

Our Incident investigation training course will help to ensure that your company complies with relevant legislation, including Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR). There is an assessment for this course. Delegates who successfully complete the incident investigation training in full will receive a certificate of training.

Topics covered include:

• Principles of Incident investigation

• Benefits of incident prevention

• Basic concepts of human factors

• Incident reporting and scope of investigation

• Incident investigation techniques

• Stages of incident investigation

• Practical exercises and case study

When does an incident investigation process need to be reviewed?

Companies should monitor and review any measures you have put in place to help control risk and prevent incidents and incidents from happening.

Findings from your investigations can form the basis of action to prevent the incident or incident from happening again and to improve your overall risk management. This will also point to areas of your risk assessments that need to be reviewed.

Where can I take incident investigation training?

We recognise that everyone is different, which is why we offer a choice of study routes. You can attend a course via live virtual classroom or have the course delivered in your workplace.