Title Page
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Document No.
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Client / Site
PART 1: INSTRUCTIONS
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To be completed by the person or persons directly involved.
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The person reporting is to follow the Incident and Accident Policy. Then complete this report and provide it to the workshop within one hour or as soon as practical.
Section A: Personal and Incident Details
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Title(E.g. Miss,Mr,Mrs,Dr,Dra):
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Last Name:
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Other Name/s:
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Date of Birth:
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Are you?
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Sex:
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Occupation:
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Email Address:
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Phone (W):
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Phone (H):
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Home Address:
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Date and Time of Incident:
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Location of the Incident:
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How did the incident happen?
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Signed by:
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Name of Witness/es:
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Phone of Witness/es:
Section B: Supervisor or Workshop Manager Notification
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Name of WHS Manager:
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Date and time of incident:
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Signed by:
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Phone of WHS Manager:
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Name of Supervisor:
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Date and time of incident:
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Signed by:
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Phone of Supervisor:
Section C: Injury Details (If applicable) Use this section to also report workplace disease
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Type of injury or disease (e.g. burn)
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Part/s of the body affected:
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Date and time when symptoms noticed:
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Was medical treatment given?
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First Aid
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Nurse
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Doctor
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Hospital
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Name of person giving initial treatment:
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Date and time initial treatment given:
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Time lost due to injury?
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How many hours/days?
PART 2: INVESTIGATION CHECKLIST AND ACTION REPORT FORM
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Incident/ Injury: How do you think the accident/ injury happened and what were you doing at the time?
Investigation Checklist:
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How long had you been working prior to the incident/injury?
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How long had you been working on this task?
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Is this task part of your normal duties?
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Have you been instructed/ trained in this task?
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What were you doing in the time prior to the incident/ injury?
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Are there any other factors involved (e.g. management, the work environment, equipment, maintenance, individual)?
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Management
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The Work Environment
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Equipment
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Maintenance
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Individal
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Other
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Please specify:
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What do you think could have been done to prevent this incident from occurring?
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Any other comments or observations?
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Please answer the most appropriate response/s:
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What sort of incident/ injury occured?
- Manual Handling
- Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS)
- Cuts
- Bruises
- Burns
- Falls
- Slips
- Trips
- Vehicles
- Bicycles
- Hazardous substances
- Insects
- Animals
- Foreign Body
- Plant
- Stress
- Other
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If you selected Other please specify:
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Type of injury:
- Sting
- Bite
- Kick
- Puncture
- Strain
- Hazardous substance
- Slip
- Trip
- Fall
- Other
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If you selected Other please specify:
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Safe Work Method Statements followed?
Identification of equipment/ object/ insect involved:
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Equipment in good condition?
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Date of last service of equipment:
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Appropriate safety equipment (PPE) used?
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Lighting adequate?
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Housekeeping issues contributed?
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Surface type:
- Tile
- Grass
- Dry
- Wet
- Damaged
- Torn
- Sand
- Footpath
- Carpet
- Gravel
- Rocks
- Road
- Other
- N/A
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If you selected Other please specify:
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Type of shoes worn:
- Open
- Closed
- Boots
- High heels
- Sandals
- None
- Other
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If you selected Other please specify:
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Workload excessive?
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Workload boring and repetitive?
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Is the injury was a slip or trip?
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What were you doing that time of slip ot trip?
- Running
- Walking
- Turning a corner
- Jumping
- Using stairs
- Other
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If you selected Other please specify:
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Going up
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Going down
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Which part of the body did you fall?
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Were you carrying something at that time
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If yes please specify:
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Is the incident involves manual handling?
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Were work items within easy reach?
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Ergonomic equipment available?
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Was the equipment being used correctly?
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Repetitive and/or forceful movements used?
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Action involved:
- Reaching
- Bending
- Stooping
- Sitting
- Kneeling
- Twisting
- Pushing
- Pulling
- Lifting
- Catching
- Lowering
- Carrying
- Other
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If you selected Other please specify:
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Weight of object?
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Distance carried/ position of object moved from/to?
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Height of load?
PART 3: TO BE COMPLETED BY WHS MANAGER
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Investigator's comments and observations from part 2:
RECOMMENDATIONS: A hierarchy of control should be used to assist with the prevention of future similar injuries. The 'hierarchy of control' depicts the most to the lease effective methods.
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Risk Control Options
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Elimination- do you have to do the task?
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Substitution- is there another way you can do the task?
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Action required:
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By whom:
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By when:
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Engineering- can we engineer a way to make the job safer?
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Action required:
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By whom:
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By when:
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Administration- can you improve work practice? E.g. limit time of exposure.
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Action required:
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By whom:
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By when:
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What are the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needed?/ Action required.
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By whom:
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By when:
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Action required:
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By whom:
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By when:
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Date feedback provided to person reporting the injury/ incident:
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Signed by:
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Phone:
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Position:
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Office Use Only (Health and Safety Recommendations)
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Date part 2 received:
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Date Completed: