All accidents resulting in injury or near miss incidents must be reported promptly to line and area management and a report entered in 'SHE Enterprise', the incident reporting database. Major incidents should be reported within 12 hours and all others within 2 working days.
Line managers must conduct appropriate local investigations of any incident for which they are the responsible manager and report their conclusions as to the root causes of an incident and any proposed actions to mitigate against a recurrence to their line management, copied to the local SHE group. For Serious or Potentially Serious (SoPS) incidents a written report will be required and for those incidents involving death, serious injury, or the potential for such a Board of Enquiry will be convened to investigate.
Risk assessments
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 requires employers to make suitable and sufficient risk assessments where hazards exist. Significant findings must be recorded. Those responsible for projects or experiments must ensure that before the start of any work the potential hazards are assessed and discussed with those involved, taking into account the necessary precautions and sources of advice. Where appropriate risk assessments should be documented and entered into ‘SHE Enterprise’, the central risk assessment database.
