Repeats of the deaths from the explosion at the Teesside steelworks, the falls from height deaths mentioned above, and sundry other workplace accidents can be avoided if previous incidents are investigated, lessons learned, and action taken.
This 1-Day Course will consider:
“I just wanted to feedback that I thoroughly enjoyed the course today and felt like I have brought a lot away from it, with some reaffirmation that we are doing things well”.
Lisa Kidd, Health and Safety Business Partner, East Midlands Airport
Our 1-Day Workshop session on Accident Investigation will give you a broad understanding of the accident investigation process, looking at the benefits of accident prevention and putting the emphasis on practical training exercises and real-life case studies.
Topics covered include:
An Apprentice suffered serious injuries when he fell from a makeshift platform – a potato box lifted by a forklift truck. A supervisor used a forklift truck with an attached potato box to lift an apprentice electrician to a height of four metres to carry out electrical repairs at a potato storage warehouse.
This was inherently unstable and, unfortunately (but unsurprisingly) the apprentice fell to the floor. The apprentice was admitted to hospital and sustained a punctured lung and broken ribs. An investigation found the apprentice’s employer had carried out a risk assessment and purchased suitable equipment for work at height, but (in a deviation from the safe working practice) that this was not used by the employee in charge of work at the site.
An investigation found that the builder in control of the works had tied the length of timber to a rope for lifting up the outside of the scaffold using a pulley system. The knot used was not suitable, and the timber slipped out, falling to the ground. There was no exclusion zone in place to prevent persons from being underneath the load, in case of such a problem.
