EHS Coordinators are responsible for ensuring that work related incidents shall be recorded, investigated, and analyzed in line with the organization’s incident investigation methodology and that necessary corrective and preventive actions are taken and effectively implemented.
EHS Manager/ Officershall conduct incident investigations and interviews with witnesses or any other affected person and, if possible, with the victim(s), 24 review the incident report and analyze it in order to properly advise the Chief Operating Officer in identifying corrective and preventive actions and the necessary resources to effectively implement.
The assigned emergency coordinator will report all reportable incidents to the civil defense, police & ambulance services.
The scene of the incident must not be disturbed until a full investigation has been concluded, except when the scene must be disturbed or made safe for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of a person, aiding an injured person involved in an incident, taking action to make the site safe or to prevent a further occurrence of an incident.
When an incident has occurred, an investigation must be carried out within 24 hours of the event by the Emergency response team and respective Dean, Director, or Manager.
All events leading up to the incident shall be reviewed. The investigation shall:
All investigations shall be documented and maintained. Identified corrective actions and opportunities for preventive actions shall be documented and assessed prior to implementation.
An immediate inspection of the scene should be conducted. Inspection should provide an objective assessment of the severity of the incident.
Establishment of the events leading up to the incident. This may include:
Facts of the incident itself:
Relevant facts of what occurred immediately after the incident.
The EHS Manager/ Officer will ensure that the Incident Reporting Form (Refer to Appendix F) is completed by EHS Coordinators for each incident within 24 hrs. After completion the form shall be forwarded to the COO for review.