Impartial & Thorough Accident / Incident Investigation Service
We provide an impartial and thorough accident / incident investigation service; we can assist you with the reporting of health and safety incidents relating to your organisation. Our investigation service is not intended to allocate blame but will examine the direct and indirect causes of the accident / incident with a view to avoiding a recurrence.
The Health and Safety Executive guidance recommends that all accidents / incidents be investigated as a way of avoiding a recurrence. Accident / Incident investigation is a useful aid to prevention and may even help to save you money in the long term.
We will liaise with the enforcing authorities, investigating serious accidents. We will respond swiftly to get your business up and running in the event of an improvement or prohibition notice.
The Costs of and accident / incident
An accident cost is like an iceberg, the costs you see are only the tip of the problem, Employer's Liability / Public Liability Insurance will cover you for the payment of damages and legal costs to the injured party, but the cleaning and clearing of the accident site - investigation time - overtime working or temporary replacement labour ' plant and building damage ' product and materials damage - production delays, loss of experience and expertise - tool and equipment damage - and of course there's the inevitable paperwork.
The biggest cost may be the damage to your organisations reputation!
It has been established that for every accident leading to serious injury there are approximately 10 minor injuries and 30 property damage incidents occurred prior to the major event.
It is good business practice to have an investigation and reporting procedure of all accidents and incidents to actively control accidents and incidents.
