Incident Investigations

Learners accredited with this unit standard, namely, conduct an investigation into workplace safety, health and environmental incidents (incident investigation) will, upon completion of the course, be able to identify and explain the legal and organisational-specific requirements regulating the reporting and investigation of workplace incidents.

Learners will be able to complete the required reports and process any physical evidence which may have been collected.

Course Content:
Introduction to Incident Investigations

•  Objectives
• Legislation
•  Occupational Health and Safety Act, 85 of 1993
•  Section 8 General Duties of Employers to their Employees
• Section 14 General Duties of Employees
•  Section 24 Report to inspector regarding certain incidents
•  General Administrative Regulations
•  Regulation 8 Reporting of incidents and occupational diseases
• Regulation 9 Recording and investigation of incidents
• Causes of Accidents
•  What is an accident?
•  Lack of Control
• Personal and Job factors
•  Unsafe Act and Unsafe Conditions
• Accident / Incident
•  Costs
•  Accident Investigation and Analysis
• Cases to be investigated
•  When is the right time to investigate accidents?
• Accident / Incident Analysis
•  Case Study
•  Annexure 1 Report forms
• Employers Report of an accident WCL 2(e)
•  Internal Investigation Report Form
• Report Writing